Chairul Tanjung
Chairul Tanjung was born at Jakarta on June 16, 1962. He is an Indonesian businessman who ranks 18th in the list of Indonesias richest people.[1] He is the Chairman and founder of CT Corp (Indonesia), alongside the late founder of Sony, Akio Morita. He obtained a bachelor degree at Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia.
Business
He worked with Morita to establish the business. He bought Bank Karman and changed the name to Bank Mega. He expanded his business interests into insurance and securities. Chairul now involved in the television business, founded Trans TV and acquisitioned TV 7 from Kompas-Gramedia group. In addition, 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 shares of Garuda Indonesia. His Holding Company is CT Corp., formerly Para Group with 3 subholding:[2]
- Mega Corp. is financial business subholding
- Trans Corp. is media, life style, department stores, consumer goods, hotel and entertaintment subholding
- CT Global Resource is agribusiness and energy subholding
Other activities
Currently, Chairul is head of Persatuan Bulu Tangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PBSI)'.
Biography
At the age of 50, a 360 pages Chairul Tanjung biography has been launched with title, Chairul Tanjung Si Anak Singkong (Chairul Tanjung the Cassava Child, cassava means socially inferior).[2]