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Sutanto Djuhar

1928 – 2018

Chinese-Indonesian businessman

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Lived 1928 – 2018 (aged 90). Sutanto Djuhar was an Indonesian and Chinese entrepreneur, philanthropist, indocement and salim Group.

Sutanto Djuhar (19 March 1928 – 2 July 2018), known as Lin Wenjing in Mandarin pinyin and Liem Oen Kian or Ling Ung Keng in the Fuqing dialect, was an Indonesian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. A native of Fuqing, Fujian, China, he and fellow Fuqing native Sudono Salim (Liem Sie Liong) co-founded the conglomerate Salim Group, which grew into Indonesia's largest company. He founded Indocement and Indofood as part of the Salim Group,

In the 1980s, he returned to Fuqing and established Rongqiao Group to focus on the development in his hometown. He built an industrial zone in Fuqing, as well as major infrastructure facilities including the New Fuzhou Port, one of China's top ten container ports, which helped the county's GDP ranking rise from the 68th in Fujian to the second. a native of Fuqing County, near Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. He was born in Xitou Village , Fuqing, and moved to Indonesia when he was eight.

Business career When Djuhar was 17, his father died and he had to quit school to run the family shop, beginning his business career as a small trader. In 1965, he established Huarenyi Limited Company in Jakarta, and he then ventured into many Indonesian industry sectors construction, food, industrial manufacturing, mining, real estate, transportation, and the wholesale-retail trade. Djuhar referred to Salim, who was 11 years his senior, as his "uncle". They merged their businesses to form the Salim Group, with Salim serving as Chairman and Djuhar as General Manager.

Philanthropy Djuhar was a well known philanthropist. Before his death, his Rongqiao Group had donated more than 1 billion yuan to various causes including education, public facilities, environment, and medical care. He established the Lin Wenjing Foundation in June 2016 to manage his philanthropic endeavours, and it had donated more than 10 million yuan in the two years before his death.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Sutanto Djuhar?

Chinese-Indonesian businessman

When was Sutanto Djuhar born?

Sutanto Djuhar was born on 19 March 1928 in Fuqing.

When did Sutanto Djuhar die?

Sutanto Djuhar died on 2 July 2018 in Fuzhou.

What was Sutanto Djuhar's occupation?

Sutanto Djuhar was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, indocement and salim Group.

What nationality was Sutanto Djuhar?

Sutanto Djuhar was Indonesian and Chinese.

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· Wikipedia: Sutanto Djuhar

· Wikidata: Q8997986

· DBpedia: Sutanto Djuhar

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