Sudono Salim life and biography

Sudono Salim , also known as Liem Sioe Liong, is a Chinese Indonesian businessman of Hokchia origin. He was once considered the richest individual in Indonesia. He was the head of the conglomerate Salim Group before turning over its management to his youngest son Anthony in 1992.

Liem Sioe Liong (entrepreneur) who became familiar with Indonesia at the age of 20 years, approximately 45 years ago, saying, "You must be born in the right place and time." And, Anthony Salim - the birth of her son, who named Liem Fung Seng -, go to comment to the magazine Similarly, "If you want to catch a fish, first you have to buy bait."

Short sentences tend to be the expression in Indonesian literature, the actual picture of their trade in the Indonesian principles seep into the international arena. With that group he led, Soedono Salim Liem the birth of Fukien, which began in 1916 with his brother: Liem Sioe Hie, helping their uncle bean oil trade in the Holy-Central Java, the second of three brothers was able to hire 25 thousand workers. From the Senior Executive until a truck driver whose numbers no less than 3000 cement transport fleet including company Liem Cs.

Indonesia's richest man, has 40 companies, Liem Sioe Liong with the kamradnya generate business turnover of not less than U.S. $ 1 billion a year. It is said Liem own personal wealth, there is mention, about U.S. $ 1.9 billion = USD. 1.2 trillion.

Among traders Tionghoa Indonesia him famous "Liem bald." History of people named Liem Sioe Liong (60 year) began at a small port. Fukien in the number of China Southern Continent. He was born there in 1918.

The oldest brother, Liem Sioe Hie - now aged 77 years - since the year 1922 had already emigrated to Indonesia - which was then still the Dutch colony - working at a company his uncle in the Holy city. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of Japan's business expansion into the Pacific, coupled with the fairy tale treasure European empires in Southeast Asia, then in 1939, Liem Sioe Liong of the oldest brother's trail. From Fukien, he Depart to Amoy, where rests a Dutch merchant ship that took him across the China Sea. Month to then up in Indonesia. Since the first, the Holy city was famous as a center of clove cigarette factory, which is very much needed raw materials of tobacco and cloves. And since the revolution Liem Sioe Liong jamam been trained to be the supplier of cloves, the road to smuggle raw materials from the Moluccas, Sumatra, North Sulawesi, via Singapore and then through specific pathways to the Holy smuggling. So, no wonder clove trade is one of the main pillars of business once the first Liem Sioe Liong, in addition to the textile sector. He also used, many textile factories produce cheap imports from Shanghai.

In order to pave all its business areas of finance, he had several pieces banks like Bank Windu Kencana and Bank Central Asia. In the 1970s, Bank Central Asia has grown to become the second largest private bank in Indonesia with total assets amounting to U.S. $ 99 million.

One of the great opportunities provided Liem Sioe Liong of the Indonesian Government with the establishment. Bogasari in May 1969 that monopolize the supply of wheat flour for the Western part of Indonesia, which covers about two thirds the population of Indonesia, in addition to PT. Prima for Eastern Indonesia.

Almost in every company he Liem Sioe Liong aka berkongsi with Djuhar Sutanto Chiang Lin Wen, also a Tionghoa Fukien origin.

Bogasari a private company which is unique in Indonesia. Perhaps the only Bogasarilah facilities provided by government have their own ports, and ships can perteriguan giant in direct relationship closer to the factory.

Once he was in the field of economy perkasanya Indonesia today, may become the starting point of Insight magazine, Asia's Business Mountly Hong Kong publications in the publication in May of this year, featuring caricature paintings Liem Sioe Liong dressed in the style of Napoleon Bonaparte. His chest was full of badge-badge plastered his company. Company of his holding company called PT Salim Economic Development Corporation has a wide range of activities that are divided over various types of divisions, respectively are:

1. trading division
2. industrial division
3. bank and insurance divisions
4. development division (which is engaged in forest products and forest concession)
5. property division is engaged in real estate, hospitality, and the contractor
6. retail trade division
7. JV division. Each division supervises the company's giant-company form a limited liability company.

The various possibilities to develop more speed though the company will not raise capital, such as publicly traded on the Jakarta stock market, - Glue Soedono Salim Group was held in earnest. Obstacles and issues that threaten the company's business, did not seem anxious to make Liem. As he told the Review, "If you only listen to what people say, you'll go crazy. You should do what you believe. "Capital about the short sentence was then that drove the young Liem Sioe Liong who is also known as Holy Shao Lin Liang became the King of Commerce Soedono Salim of Indonesia, recently.

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