Surya Wonowidjojo

Surya Wonowidjojo
Born
Tjoa Ing-Hwie (蔡雲輝)

(1923-08-15)15 August 1923
Fujian, China
Died28 August 1985(1985-08-28) (aged 62)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityIndonesian
Occupations
Known forFounder of Gudang Garam

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 (traditional Chinese: 蔡雲輝; simplified Chinese: 蔡云辉; pinyin: Cài Yúnhuī;[1] Hokkien: Chhoà Ûn-hui) in Yinxi [zh], Fuqing in Fujian Province, China.[1] He was the founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer, and father of billionaire Rachman Halim.[1]

Wonowidjojo's family first migrated to Sampang, Madura 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.[1]

Wonowidjojo founded Gudang Garam in Kediri in 1958 and headed the company until handing control to his son in 1984.[1]

Wonowidjojo died on 28 August 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Leo Suryadinata. Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995.
  2. ^ Kasali, R. (2005). Change! (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama. pp. 149–150. ISBN 9789792212327.
  3. ^ Kasali, R. (1989). Studi Kasus PT. Gudang Garam (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Lembaga Managemen Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Indonesia. p. 5.


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