Rachman Halim (30 July 1947 – 27 July 2008) was 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 ...

businessman.

Early life

Halim was born Tjoa Too Hing (;Leo Suryadinata. ''Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches''. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995.

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: ''Chhoà Tō-hêng'') in Kediri, East Java to a prominent

(

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) family. He was the first son of

Surya Wonowidjojo Surya Wonowidjojo (15 August 1923 – 28 August 1985) was an Indonesian businessman and cigarette maker. Wonowidjojo, sometimes spelt Wonowidjoyo, was a Chinese Indonesian ( Hokchia totok) born Tjoa Ing Hwie or Tjoa Jien Hwie (;Leo Suryadinata. ...

(Tjoa Jien Hwie), founder of

Gudang Garam PT Perusahaan Rokok Tjap Gudang Garam Tbk ( Republican spelling Indonesian for "Salt Warehouse brand Cigarette Company"), trading as PT Gudang Garam Tbk, is an Indonesian tobacco company, best known for its ''kretek'' (clove cigarette) products. ...

, a major Indonesian ''

kretek Kretek () are unfiltered cigarettes of Indonesian origin, made with a blend of tobacco, cloves, and other flavors. The word "kretek" itself is an onomatopoetic term for the crackling sound of burning cloves. Partly due to favorable taxation ...

'' (clove cigarette) manufacturer. Halim succeeded his father to become the CEO of Gudang Garam in 1984, and expanded the company into other fields

Personal life

Legacy

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'', an American business publication, ranked him and his family as the richest in Indonesia for a number of yearsArijit Ghosh and Aloysius Unditu
"Halim, Chairman of Cigarette Maker Gudang Garam, Dies."

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. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008. and listed them in 2005 as having a net worth of

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2.8 billion.World's Richest People
Halim, Rachman, & Family.
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''. Retrieved 1 August 2008.

Death

Halim died at

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in 2008 after a week of treatment for a

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illness.

References

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