Tomy Winata
| Tomy Winata | |
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| Born |
Guo Shuo Feng 郭說鋒 July 23, 1958 Pontianak, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, Philanthropist |
| Known for |
Owner and Chairman of Artha Graha Group Founder of Artha Graha Care Foundation (Artha Graha Peduli Foundation) |
Owner and Chairman of Artha Graha Group
Tomy Winata (pronounced [ˈtomi wiˈnata] and sometimes misspelled as Tommy Winata); born Guo Shuo Feng 郭說鋒 on 23 July 1958; is an Indonesian businessman with interests in banking, property, gambling and infrastructure, whose wealth comes from his business deals for the Indonesian Military. His philanthropic interests include the environment, particularly the Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation a 45,000 hectare forest, endangered wildlife and sea conservation area, located in southern Sumatra.
He is the son of an automobile spare parts trader and left school in the seventh grade upon which he sold ice pops to support his family. According to The Washington Post, he then "rose from a car washer and office boy to become one of the nation's richest men". In 2006, he was listed as #35 on a Forbes list of "the 40 richest men in Indonesia".
Winata's business empire has been developed under the Artha Graha Group and Artha Graha Network. In 1988, he worked with the Indonesian Army Foundation to rescue a troubled local bank, Bank Propelat, and subsequently changed its name to Bank Artha Graha. In mid-1997, in cooperation with Bank Indonesia he bailed out Bank Arta Prima, which was then merged with Bank Artha Graha. In 2003, Artha Graha Group took over Bank Inter-pacific.,Tbk (a publicly listed company). In 2005, Bank Inter-pacific.,Tbk acquired Bank Artha Graha becoming Bank Artha Graha Internasional.,Tbk (INPC.JK).
Winata is involved in the property sector through PT Jakarta International Hotels and Development,Tbk (JIHD.JK, a publicly listed company), which owns Borobudur Hotel in Central Jakarta, and PT Danayasa Arthatama,Tbk (SCBD.JK, a publicly listed company), which owns the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) in the heart of Jakarta. SCBD includes the Indonesian Stock Exchange Building. Winata plans to build the Signature Tower Building-Jakarta, a 111-storey skyscraper, which will be the fifth tallest building in the world, in the center of the SCBD. He has said the mega-project is part of his mission to show the world that "Indonesia can". His vision is to make SCBD the "Manhattan of Indonesia".
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