Rachman Halim [1] | |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1947 |
Birth Place: | Kediri, Indonesia[2] |
Death Place: | Singapore |
Citizenship: | Indonesia |
Occupation: | tobacco tycoon |
Spouse: | Feni Olivia (Oei Fen-Liang)[3] |
Rachman Halim (Chinese Indonesian name) | |
P: | Cài Dàohéng |
Showflag: | jyp |
Rachman Halim (30 July 1947 – 27 July 2008) was a Chinese Indonesian businessman.
Halim was born Tjoa Too Hing (;[4] Hokkien: Chhoà Tō-hêng) in Kediri, East Java to a prominent Chinese Indonesian (Hokchia totok) family.[4] He was the first son of Surya Wonowidjojo (Tjoa Jien Hwie), founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer.[4]
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[5] (now, Bank ICBC Indonesia).
Forbes, an American business publication, ranked him and his family as the richest in Indonesia for a number of years[6] and listed them in 2005 as having a net worth of US$2.8 billion.[7]
Halim died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore in 2008 after a week of treatment for a coronary illness.[6]