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Name
  
Chairul Tanjung

Parents
  
Halimah, A.G. Tanjung

Occupation
  
Entrepreneur

Spouse
  
Anita Ratnasari Tanjung

Nationality
  
Indonesian

Net worth
  
4.4 billion USD (2015)

Role
  
Businessman


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Born
  
16 June 1962 (age 61) Jakarta, Indonesia (
1962-06-16
)

Children
  
Putri Indahsari, Rahmat Dwiputra

Education
  
Institute for Management Education and Development (1993), University of Indonesia (1981–1987)

Similar People
  
Eka Tjipta Widjaja, Sri Prakash Lohia, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, Susilo Wonowidjojo, Anthoni Salim

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
  
In office (19 May 2014 – 20 October 2014)

President
  
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Preceded by
  
Hatta Rajasa

Succeeded by
  
Sofyan Djalil

Residence
  
Teuku Umar Road No.50 Menteng, Jakarta Pusat

Known for
  
Founder of CT Corp

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Chairul Tanjung (born 16 June 1962) is an Indonesian businessman. He is the former Coordinating Minister for Economics in the Indonesian cabinet. He was appointed to this post by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 19 May 2014 following the resignation of the previous Coordinating Minister for Economics, Hatta Rajasa, who resigned to take part in Indonesia's 2014 presidential election. In January 2015, he had an estimated net worth of $4.3 billion.

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Early life

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Chairul Tanjung was born in Jakarta on June 16, 1962.His parents was A.G. Tanjung and Halimah. He was born in a very rich family because his father is a reporter and established a magazine company. In new order era, his father business got shut down by the government for helping the old order era. His family economy turns 180 degrees where their big house and cars were sold to cover debt and for a living, they must live in a tiny apartment. His parents wanted their children to be successful so they worked in a company. Chairul finished the Boedi Oetomo senior high school in 1981 . He obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia. He became the national noble student in 1984 and 1985.While studying, he and his 2 friends started a shop that sold books and T-shirts then they rapidly became a big shop selling doctors and laboratories equipment. He must spare his time for studying and business but he chooses business, so he drops-out from the dentistry school and established PT Pariarti Shindutama with 150 million rupiah for assets borrowed from Exim Bank. They produced shoes for kids and got an order making 160 pairs of shoes to Italy, but a month after the order, he separated from his 2 friends because he has a different thinking about business. He later became the chairman and founder of CT Corp (Indonesia), along with the late founder of Sony, Akio Morita.

Business

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He worked with Morita to establish the business. He bought Bank Karman and changed its name to Bank Mega. He expanded his business interests into insurance and securities. Chairul is now involved in the television business; he founded Trans TV and acquired TV 7 from the Kompas-Gramedia Group. Chairul owns property projects such as Bandung Super Mall, Batam Indah Prospertindo, Para Bali Propertindo, and Mega Indah Propertindo. In 2012, he bought a minority share of Garuda Indonesia. His holding company is CT Corp., formerly Para Group, with 3 subholdings:

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  • Mega Corp., a financial business subholding
  • Trans Corp., a media, life style, department store, consumer goods, hotel and entertaintment subholding
  • CT Global Resource, an agribusiness and energy subholding
  • MNC Media Group (soon)
  • Other activities

    Currently, Chairul is head of Persatuan Bulu Tangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PBSI).

    Biography

    A biography of Chairul Tanjung has been launched with the title Chairul Tanjung Si Anak Singkong ("Chairul Tanjung the Cassava Child," "cassava" meaning "socially inferior").

    References

    Chairul Tanjung Wikipedia