Erick Thohir
| Erick Thohir | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 May 1970 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Residence | Jakarta |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Alma mater |
Glendale Community College (California) (B.A.) National University (California) (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation | businessman, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Vice President Commissioner of Mahaka Media Chairman and Co-owner of Inter Milan Owner of D.C. United President Director of antv |
Erick Thohir (born 30 May 1970) is an Indonesian businessman. He is founder and chairman of Mahaka Group, a holding company which focus on media and entertainment. He is also Chairman and minority owner of Inter Milan, owner of D.C. United, President Director of antv.
Erick Thohir was born on 30 May 1970. His father is Teddy Thohir, was a co-owner of the automotive group Astra International with William Soeryadjaya. His brother, Garibaldi Thohir, is an investment banker and entrepreneur in the energy sector. He also has a sister, Rika Thohir. As a child, the younger Thohir helped the family business. Thohir received his master's degree in 1993 from National University (California), United States. Currently, Thohir's family holding company, TNT Group, has large investments in the Indonesian Energy, Foods, Property and Media Industry. In 2015, the TNT group had a revenue of $1,1 billion.
Upon his return to Indonesia, together with his colleagues, he formed the Mahaka Group.
In 2001, the Mahaka Group bought Republika, the biggest Islamic newspaper in Indonesia. Because of Thohir's background in communications, he was chosen to lead the paper. Thohir received support from his father, as well as founder of Kompas Jakob Oetama and founder of Jawa Pos Dahlan Iskan to run this newspaper. The Mahaka Group spreading its potential by investing in outdoor advertising company named Mahaka Advertising due to the growth of the economic and the city size in 2002.
After launch the television Jak TV as well as strengthen the positioning to city focus on business in 2005, Mahaka introduced the radio stations 98.7 Gen FM and 101 Jak FM and also participation in PT Radionet Cipta Karya (Prambors FM, Delta FM and FeMale Radio), as well as numerous advertising, ticketing, entertainment and digital company.Mahaka group’s business lives under well creativity, innovation and meaningful collaborate partnership to reach one comprehensive its market.
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