Rachman Halim
{{short description|Indonesian businessman}}
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| name = Rachman Halim
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|7|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kediri, Indonesia{{cite web|title=Rachman Halim (Tjoa To Hing)|url=http://jawatimuran.net/2012/10/23/rachman-halim-tjoa-to-hing/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203150912/http://jawatimuran.net/2012/10/23/rachman-halim-tjoa-to-hing/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 3, 2018|website=Pusaka Jawatimuran|accessdate=13 April 2018}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|7|27|1947|7|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Singapore
| citizenship = Indonesia
| occupation = tobacco tycoon
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| spouse = Feni Olivia (Oei Fen-Liang){{cite news|title=Ribuan Pelayat Mulai Datang ke Rumah Rachman Halim|url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/129153/ribuan-pelayat-mulai-datang-ke-rumah-rachman-halim|accessdate=13 April 2018|publisher=Tempo.co|date=28 July 2008}}
| children =
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| title= Rachman Halim
(Chinese Indonesian name)
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| s={{linktext|蔡|道|行}}
| p=Cài Dàohéng
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Rachman Halim (30 July 1947 – 27 July 2008) was a Chinese Indonesian businessman.
Early life
Halim was born Tjoa Too Hing ({{linktext|蔡|道|行}};Leo Suryadinata. Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995. Hokkien: Chhoà Tō-hêng) in Kediri, East Java to a prominent Chinese Indonesian (Hokchia totok) family. He was the first son of Surya Wonowidjojo (Tjoa Jien Hwie), founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer.
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[https://books.google.com/books?id=fiW7AAAAIAAJ&q=BankHalim+1974 Indonesia Banking Directory] (now, Bank ICBC Indonesia).
Legacy
Forbes, an American business publication, ranked him and his family as the richest in Indonesia for a number of yearsArijit Ghosh and Aloysius Unditu. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0azQgN5b4zE "Halim, Chairman of Cigarette Maker Gudang Garam, Dies."] Bloomberg.com. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008. and listed them in 2005 as having a net worth of US$2.8 billion.World's Richest People: [https://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRRLFW.html?passListId=10&passYear=2005&passListType=Person&uniqueId=RLFW&datatype=Person Halim, Rachman, & Family.] Forbes. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
Death
Halim died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore in 2008 after a week of treatment for a coronary illness.
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Category:20th-century Indonesian businesspeople
Category:21st-century Indonesian businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople in the tobacco industry
Category:Indonesian people of Chinese descent
Category:Indonesian billionaires
Category:People from Kediri (city)
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