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and telecom. In 2005, the group reentered                                                                              18.
              banking by acquiring Bank Shinta and re-               LINDA’S LATITUDE                                      THEODORE RACHMAT
              naming it Bank Sinarmas.                               Linda Wijaya, eldest daughter of Teguh Gan-              $1.55 BILLION T
                 Sinar Mas remains innovative. In 2012,              da Widjaja, in 2018 set up Latitude Venture                ADARO ENERGY
                                                                     Partners, a VC firm that already reportedly                    AGE: 76
              Sinar Mas became one of the first family-run
                                                                     manages up to $200 million. It has invest-
              groups to invest in digital startups, starting a       ments in companies focusing in the health-
              partnership with East Ventures, one of Indo-           tech and fintech sectors. Latitude invests                       19.
              nesia’s first VC firms. In 2018, the group’s own       between $1 million to $10 million in early                    HUSAIN
                                                                     stage startups. Wijaya also serves as group              DJOJONEGORO
              VC arm, Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV),
                                                                     managing director of APP.                                $1.53 BILLION S
              teamed up with East and Yahoo Japan Capital                                                                     ORANG TUA GROUP
              to create EV Growth to invest in existing                                                                            AGE: 70
              startups looking for new capital to expand.         Resources. He also manages the telecom and
                 Widjaja had two wives: Trini Dewi Lasuki         tech businesses. Contacted by Forbes Asia,                         20.
              and Mellie Pirieh Widjaja. Much of Sinar            Sinar Mas said none of the children was                    DJOKO SUSANTO
              Mas is today run by four of his sons by his         available for comment.                                       $1.5 BILLION S
              first wife, and by their own children. Teguh           Some of Widjaja’s children have also                         ALFAMART
              Ganda Wijaya, Eka’s firstborn, manages APP.         built their own businesses. Oei Hong Leong                       AGE: 69
              Indra Widjaja oversees the group’s invest-          is a Singapore-based billionaire, with a net
              ments in financial services and mining.             worth estimated at $1.4 billion. Frankle                            21.
              Indra’s firstborn, Fuganto Widjaja, is CEO          Djafar Widjaja manages Singapore-listed                   ALEXANDER TEDJA
                                                                                                                              $1.45 BILLION T
              of Golden Energy Mines. Muktar Widjaja              investment company Bund Center Invest-                        PAKUWON JATI
              handles the property businesses. And Franky         ment and Sukmawati Widjaja runs another                          AGE: 74
              Oesman Widjaja controls Sinar Mas’ agricul-         Singapore property company, Top Global.
              tural and food business under Golden Agri-          —Ardian Wibisono & Ulisari Eslita                                  22.
                                                                                                                             SUKANTO TANOTO
                                                                                                                               $1.4 BILLION S
                                                                                                                             ROYAL GOLDEN EAGLE
                                                                                                                                   AGE: 69


                                                                                                                                     23.
                                                                                                                          CILIANDRA FANGIONO
                                                                                                                              $1.37 BILLION S
          TEGUH GANDA                  INDRA                    MUKTAR                    FRANKY OESMAN                        FIRST RESOURCES
                                                                                                                                   AGE: 43
          WIJAYA                       WIDJAJA                  WIDJAJA                   WIDJAJA

                                                                                                                                     24.
          77                           67                       65                        62
                                                                                                                                  HUSODO
                                                                                                                             ANGKOSUBROTO
          President commissioner,      President                CEO and                   Chairman, Golden                    $1.35 BILLION S
          Pindo Deli Pulp and          commissioner,            executive director,       Agri-Resources                    GUNUNG SEWU GROUP
          Paper Mills                  Sinar Mas Multiartha     Sinarmas Land
                                                                                                                                   AGE: 64
          •  Eric Kang Oei (son),      •  Fuganto Widjaja       •  Marcellyna Junita      •  Emmeline Widjaja
             CEO and chairman,           (son), CEO, Golden        Widjaja (daughter)       (daughter), legal                        25.
             China Renewable             Energy Mines           •  Margaretha Natalia       counsel, GAR                      CIPUTRA FAMILY
             Energy Investment         •  Howen Widjaja            Widjaja (daughter),    •  Jesslyne Widjaja                  $1.3 BILLION Ì
          •  Indah Suryasari Wijaya      (son), CEO, Asuransi      executive director,      (daughter),                        CIPUTRA GROUP
             (daughter), Vice CEO,       Sinarmas                  Sinarmas Land            director, GAR
             Lontar Papyrus            •  Ivena Widjaja         •  Michael Jackson
          •  Linda Suryasari Wijaya      (daughter)                Purwanto Widjaja                                                  26.
             (daughter), group           commissioner, Sinar       (son), CEO,                                                 EDDY KATUARI
             managing director, APP      Mas Multifinance           Sinarmas Land                                              $1.25 BILLION T
          •  Jackson Wijaya                                                                                                         WINGS
             (son), owner, Paper                                                                                                   AGE: 68
             Excellence, Netherlands                                    INVOLVED IN SINAR MAS GROUP
          •  Wikawi Oei (son)                                           RUNS A BUSINESS SEPARATE FROM SINAR MAS
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