Category: Profiles

CBI Group, So Far

Shares of plantation firm PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Tbk (SSMS) ended lower by 2% on Tuesday (Sep 5), while sister palm processing company PT Citra Borneo Utama Tbk (CBUT) fell 3.8%. SSMS and CBUT are both controlled by Citra Indah Borneo (CBI) Group, which is owned by the family of H Abdul Rasyid AS.

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Revisiting Kapal Api Group

Kapal Api is one of the largest F&B players yet to be listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). There was a plan for an initial public offering (IPO), but Covid-19 pandemic forced a delay. The pandemic is over, so some revisit the planned IPO.

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Sukanta Tanudjaja passes away

Centenarian businessman Sukanta Tanudjaja, founder of PT Bridgestone Tire Indonesia and some other companies, has on Saturday (Aug 24) passed away in Singapore. Sukanta is father of Sunjoto Tanudjaja, founder of Great River, once one of the largest textile and garment companies in the country.

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MNC Group & The 2024 Election

MNC Executive Chairman and General Chairman of the Perindo Party, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, is listed as a lawmaker candidate in the 2024 election. Hary will become the candidate for the electoral district of Banten III. Meanwhile, his wife, Liliyana Tanaja Tanoesoedibjo is also registered as lawmaker candidate the electoral district of East Java I.

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Budiman & Prabowo

Budiman Sujatmiko, politician from PDI-P and former reform activist in 1998, has decided to join Prabowo Subianto’s campaign, a decision could cost him a dismissal. Budiman, who failed to get a parliament seat in 2019 election has been commissioner of state plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara V (PTPN).

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Bakrie’s VIVA: From Bad to Worse

Visi Asia Media (VIVA), the parent of TVOne and ANTV owned by Bakrie Group, recorded revenues of Rp619.2 billion in the first half (H1) of 2023, declined 32.3% year on year (y/y), worsened from last year with revenues only declining 0.65%. VIVA, accordingly, was not able to reduce its tax liabilities to the State (Rp461 billion as of June 30, up 1.9% from December 31, 2022), which is ten times tax payables of Hary Tanoesoedibjo’s MNCN (parent of RCTI and GlobalTV).

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Sinarmas in First Half (1): Pulp-Paper

Sinarmas Group has recently embarked on a US$3.6 billion expansion project to build new factory in West Java province with 3.9 million tons per annum capacity. Financing details of this project yet to be released, but Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper (INKP) and its sister company Lontar Papyrus have launched Rp19 trillion perpetual bonds program.

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New ICT Minister: Budi Arie Setiadi

Budi Arie Setiadi, a loyalist of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has been sworn in as the new Minister of Communications & Informatics (ICT) replacing Johnny G Plate, the disgraced politician from Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh. Budi Arie is the chairman of Pro Jokowi (Projo), arguably the largest volunteer group of President Jokowi.

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Vice minister of SOEs Rosan P Roeslani

Rosan P Roeslani, co-founder of Recapital Group, was elected new chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN Indonesia) eight years ago. It was a landslide victory over rival Rachmat Gobel, former minister of trade and politician from NasDem Party. Most believed Rosan would later be joining the cabinet, but he was appointed Ambassador to the US two years ago. 

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Panji Gumilang

Unlike most leaders of Islamic boarding schools, Panji Gumilang, controversial leader of Al-Zaytun, prefers to wear western-style fashion, complete with tie. Panji is man of the hour due to series of investigations of blasphemy at the national police and his hundreds of bank accounts by the anti-money laundering agency PPATK.

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Tahir (Mayapada) vs Ted Sioeng

April 5, 2014, national media published articles basically praising the ‘success’ of Dato Tahir (owner of Mayapada Group) in getting eight other businessmen to join the so-called Indonesia Health Fund (IHF). Tahir reportedly got US$40 million donation from them, including Ted Sioeng (owner and CEO of Xioeng or Sioeng Group).

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