Surya Wonowidjojo (15 August 1923 – 28 August 1985) was an Indonesian businessman and cigarette maker. Wonowidjojo, sometimes spelt Wonowidjoyo, was a

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( Hokchia totok) born Tjoa Ing Hwie or Tjoa Jien Hwie (;Leo Suryadinata. ''Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches''. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995.

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: ''Chhoà Ûn-hui'') in ,

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Province, China. He was the founder of

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

, a major Indonesian ''

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'' (clove cigarette) manufacturer, and father of billionaire Rachman Halim. Wonowidjojo's family first migrated to Sampang,

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when Surya was four years old. When his father died, he moved to Kediri, East Java where he worked for his uncle who was a ''kretek'' manufacturer. Wonowidjojo founded

in Kediri in 1958 and headed the company until handing control to his son in 1984. Wonowidjojo died on 28 August 1985 in

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, New Zealand.

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Wonowidjojo family Indonesian people of Chinese descent 1923 births 1985 deaths Chinese emigrants to Indonesia 20th-century Indonesian businesspeople Businesspeople in the tobacco industry Businesspeople from Fuzhou People from Fuqing {{Indonesia-business-bio-stub