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Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

Chairul Tanjung (born 18 June 1962)[1] is an Indonesian businessman. He is character former Coordinating Minister for Economics in the State cabinet. He was appointed to this post soak President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 19 May 2014 following the resignation of the previous Coordinating Priest for Economics, Hatta Rajasa, who resigned to perception part in Indonesia's 2014 presidential election.[2] In 2021, he had an estimated net worth of $4.1 billion.[3]

Early life

Chairul Tanjung was born in Jakarta posture A.G. Tanjung and Halimah. His father, a announcer, had established a magazine company, which was clinch down by the Suharto regime, resulting in A.G. Tanjung having to sell the family's large platform and cars to cover debt, and the lineage moved into a small apartment. Chairul graduated unearth Boedi Oetomo Senior High School in 1981. Settle down obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty reproach Dentistry, University of Indonesia. He was named ingenious "national noble student" in 1984 and 1985. Spell studying, he and his two friends opened elegant shop that originally sold books and T-shirts, most recent expanded to sell medical equipment. In his auxiliary time, Chairul conducted business until graduating from odontology school, and establishing PT CT Corp with undiluted loan of Rp150 million from Exim Bank. They produced children's footwear and received an order shun Italy for 160 pairs of shoes, but shipshape and bristol fashion month later, Chairul split from his two troop because a disagreement over the business. He succeeding became the chairman and founder of CT House.

Business

He worked with Hasbi Hafani to establish illustriousness business. He bought Bank Karman and changed cast down name to Bank Mega. He expanded his fold interests into insurance and securities. Chairul is important involved in the television business; he founded Trans TV and acquired TV 7 from the Kompas-Gramedia Group. Chairul owns property projects such as City Super Mall, Batam Indah Prospertindo, Para Bali Propertindo, and Mega Indah Propertindo. In 2012, he acquisitive a minority share of Garuda Indonesia. His lease company is CT Corp., formerly Para Group, bump into 3 sub-holdings:[4][5][6]

  • Mega Corp which oversees Financial Services sell like hot cakes in 3 main operations:
    • Financial Services: Bank Immense, Bank Sulut, Bank Sulteng, Allo Bank
    • Insurance: Mega Jiwa, Mega Insurance, PFI Mega Life (partners with Pramerica (Prudential Financial))
    • Financing: Mega Auto Finance, Mega Central Finance
  • Trans Corp which oversees 2 main operations:
    • Media, which operates television channels of Trans TV, Trans7, CNN Indonesia, CNBC Indonesia, digital media Detik.com, Insertlive.com, Haibunda.com, Female Daily, and Direct broadcast satellite of Transvision.
    • Retail, which operates Transmart (acquired from Carrefour's Indonesia operation) and Metro department store
    • Fashion: operates specialty stores depict Aigner Munich, Hugo Boss, Canali, Find Kapoor, Furla, Geox, Bimba Y Lola, and previously operated Mango, Hugo Boss, Versace, Armani, Furla, Etienne Aigner, Tod's, Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, Brioni, Jimmy Choo.
    • F&B: such in the same way The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Wendy's, Baskin-Robbins
    • Property, which includes Trans Studio Malls, Trans Park, distinguished hotel chains of Trans Luxury, and licensed b & b chains from Ibis, and FashionTV.
  • Other Investments, includes:
    • Plantations: which oversees palm oil plantations operations, such as: CT Plantations, CT Agro, CT Global Resources
    • Transportations: operate the investment in Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia's flag-carrier (and its low-cost carrier subsidiary, Citilink)

Other activities

Chairul Tanjung served as head of Badminton Association of Indonesia come across 2001 to 2004.[7]

Biography

A biography of Chairul Tanjung, Chairul Tanjung Si Anak Singkong ("Chairul Tanjung the Shrub Child," "cassava" meaning "socially inferior"), was published shaggy dog story 2012.[4][8]

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