Susilo Wonowidjojo

{{Short description|Indonesian businessman}}

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Susilo Wonowidjojo (蔡道平) is an Indonesian billionaire businessman.

Biography

Wonowidjojo was born in Kediri, East Java to a prominent Chinese Indonesian (Hokchia totok) family.Leo Suryadinata. Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995. He is the son of Surya Wonowidjojo, founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer.

Susilo Wonowidjojo has been the President Director of PT Gudang Garam Tbk since June 2009. He served as Vice-President Director at PT Gudang Garam Tbk. He has been a Director of PT Gudang Garam Tbk since 1976.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1526228|access-date=2020-04-15|title=Susilo Wonowidjojo|website=Bloomberg News}}

Along with his family, Wonowidjojo owns Gudang Garam, the country's largest clove cigarette maker; the name translates to "salt warehouse". Shares hit a 4-year high in 2009 in the wake of a deal in which British American Tobacco bought a majority stake in its rival Bentoel International.{{cite web | url=https://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO7T3LEJ?opendocument | title=British American Tobacco - British American Tobacco acquires control of Indonesia's Bentoel }}

Susilo was named president in June, replacing a non-family member who left in February. He and his brother Sumarto sit on the company's board while their sister, Juni Setiawati, is a company commissioner. Their brother Rachman Halim ran the business until his death in 2008.{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/80/indonesia-billionaires-09_Susilo-Wonowidjojo_RLFW.html | title=Forbes List Directory | website=Forbes }}

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