The Richest Indonesian

Richest Indonesian (Globe Asia- 2008) and
Indonesia's 40 Richest (Forbes Asia -2008) List:

Rank	Name	Net worth (US$)	Age
1	Aburizal Bakrie & family	9.2 Billion	61
2	Robert Budi Hartono & family	6.8 Billion	67
3	Eka Tjipta Widjaja & family	3.8 Billion	85
4	Sudono Salim & family	3.04 Billion	93
5	Putra Sampoerna & family	2.42 Billion	60
6	Rachman Halim & family	2 Billion	61
7	Sukanto Tanoto & family	1.43 Billion	58
8	Eddie William Katuari	1.21 Billion	57
9	Prajogo Pangestu	1.2 Billion	57
10	Murdaya poo & family	1.1 Biliion	67
11	Hary taniesoedibjo & family	1.1 Billion	43
12	Martua Sitorus	1.1 Billion	48
13	Arifin & Hilmi Panigoro	1.05 Billion	63/53
14	Hashim Djojohadikusumo	1.05 Billion	54
15	Peter Sondakh	1 Billion	56

The Richest
Aburizal Bakrie is the richest Indonesian with a total net worth of $9.2 billion, an eight-fold increase from last year. He also rose seven places up the list. The 2007 richest Indonesian, cigarette king Budi Hartono from the Djarum Group, saw his net worth rise significantly by $2.6 billion but he could not match the Bakrie family for their sheer financial genius in capitalizing on the massive amounts of liquidity in the global markets to bulk up and re-engineer their shareholdings. (Globe Asia, 2008)

Indonesia's 40 Richest (Forbes Asia)
Fortunes in Indonesia have collapsed with the global economy, pushed down by a dismal stock market, off 54% since last year; plunging commodity prices; and a weak rupiah, which lost nearly a quarter of its value in the past year.

The central bank established more stringent currency controls in November to limit speculation after the rupiah hit a decade low. No surprise then that the nation's 40 Richest and their families are now worth a total of $21 billion, down from $40 billion. Fourteen have lost more than half of their fortunes, including former billionaires Aburizal Bakrie and Eka Tjipta Widjaja.

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($mil)	Age
1	Sukanto Tanoto	2,000	58
2	R. Budi Hartono	1,720	67
3	Michael Hartono	1,680	69
4	Putera Sampoerna	1,500	60
5	Martua Sitorus	1,300	48
6	Peter Sondakh	1,050	56
7	Eddy William Katuari	1,040	57
8	Eka Tjipta Widjaja	950	85
9	Aburizal Bakrie	850	62
10	Murdaya Poo	825	67
11	Anthoni Salim	690	59
12	Wonowidjojo family	640	NA
13	Chairul Tanjung	625	46
14	Trihatma Haliman	470	56
15	Arifin Panigoro	430	63
16	Sjamsul Nursalim	425	67
17	Mochtar Riady	420	79
18	Harjo Sutanto	340	82
19	Husein Djojonegoro	300	59
20	Soegiharto Sosrodjojo	275	78

Source : Forbes Asia(12.10.08)