Mochtar Riady, (; born 12 May 1929) also known as Lie Mon Tie, is an Indonesian financial magnate and the founder and chairman emeritus of

Lippo Group Lippo Group is an Indonesian multinational conglomerate company. The company operates internationally providing property development and management services. It was founded by Mochtar Riady. Lippo has a collective presence across Asia and Nor ...

. He was born in Malang to a

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have l ...

family. At five months old, his parents took him to his father's ancestral village in

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...

where he lived until he was six years old.

Early life

Riady's father was a batik trader named Liapi (1888-1959), while his mother was named Sibelau (1889-1939). Both of his parents migrated from

and arrived in Malang in 1918.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riady, Mochtar 1929 births Converts to Christianity from Buddhism Living people Indonesian billionaires Indonesian businesspeople Indonesian Christians Indonesian people of Chinese descent Nanjing University alumni Indonesian Hokkien people