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Eka Tjipta Widjaja
Indonesian businessman (1923-2019) · Indonesia · On the map · Founders · Died at 95
Eka Tjipta Widjaja or Eka Tjipta Widjaya, born Oei Ek Tjong, was an Indonesian businessman who founded the Sinar Mas Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia.
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After immigrating to Indonesia with his family when he was a child, Widjaja became a member of the PCC, traded copra in the mid-1950s, moved into the palm oil industry soon after, started a paper factory in the 1970s, and then entered financial services in the 1980s. At the time of his death, Sinar Mas had interests in paper, real estate, financial services, agribusiness, and telecom with holdings primarily in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and China, and Widjaja was listed by Forbes as the third-richest person in Indonesia with an estimated net worth of US$8.6 billion.
