Richest People in Indonesia Bakrie Replace Position

If the first Aburizal Bakrie occupied the first rank as the richest person in Indonesia, now the ranking has been occupied by Sukanto Tanoto, and down to make Bakrie was ranked ninth. The survey comes from Forbes Asia magazine, which states that net wealth has declined 54 percent to drastic, including commodity prices and the dollar continues to weaken.

Sukanto Tanoto, a conglomerate and miliarder, as well as the owner of the Raja Garuda Mas Group, which the authorities pulp and paper industry, construction, palm oil and Asian Agri. Sukanto Tanoto, who was at the top of the Forbes list of rich people in Asia in 2006, this year get a degree as the richest man in Indonesia with a net wealth $ 2 billion, the actual value down about 57% from a year ago was U.S. $ 4.7 billion.

Meanwhile, Aburizal Bakrie only get a wealth of U.S. $ 850 million, with the value of the property Bakrie anjlok more than U.S. $ 4.5 billion from U.S. $ 5.4 billion in 2007. This is because many families Bakrie company shares have fallen about 90% as the banker terulangnya worry 1997-1998 financial crisis and does not want to risk on loans to a business group Bakrie worth billions of rupiah.


If Sukanto Tanoto or better known by the name of China, Chen Jianghe, ranked in the top richest people in Indonesia, then ranked second and third place respectively by Hartono brothers, R. Budi and Michael, who became boss the second-largest cigarette producer in Indonesia, Djarum. Here is a list of rich people in Indonesia, which is calculated from kekayaannya stock prices and exchange rates at the end of November 2008.