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Died | 27 July 2008 | (aged 60)
Citizenship | Indonesia |
Occupation | tobacco tycoon |
Spouse | Feni Olivia (Oei Fen-Liang) [3] |
Rachman Halim ( Chinese Indonesian name) | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 蔡 道 行 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 蔡 道 行 | ||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Cài Dàohéng | ||||||
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Rachman Halim (30 July 1947 – 27 July 2008) was a Chinese Indonesian businessman.
Halim was born Tjoa Too Hing ( 蔡 道 行; [4] Hokkien: Chhoà Tō-hêng) in Kediri, East Java to a prominent Chinese Indonesian ( Hokchia totok) family. [4] He was the first son of Surya Wonowidjojo (Tjoa Jien Hwie), founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer. [4]
Halim succeeded his father to become the CEO of Gudang Garam in 1984, and expanded the company into other fields, such as the Halim Indonesia Bank [5] (now, Bank ICBC Indonesia).
Forbes, an American business publication, ranked him and his family as the richest in Indonesia for a number of years [6] and listed them in 2005 as having a net worth of US$2.8 billion. [7]
Halim died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore in 2008 after a week of treatment for a coronary illness. [6]