Chairul Tanjung | |
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14th Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs | |
In office 19 May 2014 –27 October 2014 | |
President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
Preceded by | Hatta Rajasa |
Succeeded by | Sofyan Djalil |
Personal details | |
Born | Jakarta,Indonesia | 18 June 1962
Spouse | Anita Ratnasari Tanjung |
Children | Putri Indahsari Tanjung Rahmat Dwiputra Tanjung |
Residence | Teuku Umar Road No.50 Menteng, Jakarta Pusat |
Alma mater | University of Indonesia |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Founder of CT Corp |
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Chairul Tanjung (born 18 June 1962) is an Indonesian businessman. He is the former Coordinating Minister for Economics in the Indonesian cabinet. He was appointed to this post by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 19 May 2014 following the resignation of the previous Coordinating Minister for Economics,Hatta Rajasa,who resigned to take part in Indonesia's 2014 presidential election. [1] In 2021,he had an estimated net worth of $4.1 billion. [2]
Chairul Tanjung was born in Jakarta to A.G. Tanjung and Halimah. His father,a reporter,had established a magazine company,which was shut down by the Suharto regime,resulting in A.G. Tanjung having to sell the family's large house and cars to cover debt,and the family moved into a small apartment. Chairul graduated from Boedi Oetomo Senior High School in 1981. He obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Dentistry,University of Indonesia. He was named a "national noble student" in 1984 and 1985. While studying,he and his two friends opened a shop that originally sold books and T-shirts,and expanded to sell medical equipment. In his spare time,Chairul conducted business until graduating from dentistry school,and establishing PT CT Corp with a loan of Rp150 million from Exim Bank. They produced children's footwear and received an order from Italy for 160 pairs of shoes,but a month later,Chairul split from his two friends because a disagreement over the business. He later became the chairman and founder of CT Corp.
He worked with Hasbi Hafani to establish the business. He bought Bank Karman and changed its name to Bank Mega. He expanded his business interests into insurance and securities. Chairul is now involved in the television business;he founded Trans TV and acquired TV 7 from the Kompas-Gramedia Group. Chairul owns property projects such as Bandung Super Mall,Batam Indah Prospertindo,Para Bali Propertindo,and Mega Indah Propertindo. In 2012,he bought a minority share of Garuda Indonesia. His holding company is CT Corp.,formerly Para Group,with 3 sub-holdings: [3] [4] [5]
Chairul Tanjung served as head of Badminton Association of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. [6]
A biography of Chairul Tanjung,Chairul Tanjung Si Anak Singkong ("Chairul Tanjung the Cassava Child," "cassava" meaning "socially inferior"),was published in 2012. [3] [7]
AirlanggaUniversity is the second-oldest university in Indonesia and also a public university located in Surabaya,East Java. Despite being officially established by Indonesian Government Regulation in 1954,Universitas Airlangga was first founded in 1948 as a distant branch of the University of Indonesia,with roots dating back to 1913. It started with a medical school and school of dentistry. Now Universitas Airlangga hosts 16 faculties with more than 35,000 students and 1,570 faculty members. Universitas Airlangga has university hospitals for the faculties of Medicine,Veterinary Medicine,Nursing,and Dentistry,as well as a tropical infection hospital for its Institute of Tropical Disease. The university is also equipped with biosafety level three facilities.
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Pondok Indah is an upscale residential area in Pondok Pinang,Kebayoran Lama,South Jakarta,Indonesia. Dubbed as the Beverly Hills of Indonesia,this is a much sought-after suburb by expatriates,conglomerates,celebrities,and government officials. This area was built by the Metropolitan Kentjana Group in the 70s into the most prestigious and complete residential complex and commercial area in Indonesia. Houses in this suburb can run upwards to millions of U.S. dollars.
Cilincing is a historic neighborhood of the coast of Jakarta,Indonesia. It is sandwiched between the Port of Tanjung Priok to the west and River Titram to the east. Cilincing has been for some decades one of the districts of North Jakarta which in turn encompasses as far as Marunda and some non-coastal hinterland.
PT Duta Visual Nusantara Tivi Tujuh,operating as Trans7 or TRANS7 in all capitals is an Indonesian free-to-air television network owned by Trans Media,a part of Trans Corp,which in turn a subsidiary of CT Corp. For the first time,Trans7 was the official broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup together with the sister channel Trans TV,also with Telkom Indonesia,K-Vision and MNC Media. Trans7 had broadcast 8 group-stage matches as well as shared broadcasting of quarterfinal,semifinal,3rd place playoff,and final matches from Trans TV,also from UseeTV,K-Vision,and MNC Sports.
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Trans Studio is the world's third-largest indoor theme park,located in Makassar,South Sulawesi,Indonesia. The 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft),20-metre (66 ft) high building houses the indoor theme park. Trans Studio is built on 12.7 ha with investment up to IDR 1 trillion. The indoor theme park was inaugurated by the Vice President of Indonesia,Jusuf Kalla,exactly on September 9,2009 (09-09-09). Trans Studio itself is a part of The Trans Studio World project,which will include Trans Walk and Rodeo Drive,Trans Studio,Trans hotels,and offices of Mega Bank. Under the management of PT. Trans Kalla,the Mega Development Project will provide an integrated development,comprising not only an indoor theme park,but also shopping mall,supermarket,hotel,office area,recreational beach area,and residential area. The whole project was scheduled to be completed sometime in 2010.
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Detikcom is an Indonesian digital media company owned by CT Corp subsidiary Trans Media. Detikcom is an online news portal and publishes breaking news. The portal is consistently ranked among Indonesia's 10 most-visited websites and is among the top 250 in the world. It receives approximately 180 million visits per day. A 2021 Reuters Institute survey ranked Detikcom as the most widely used online news source in Indonesia out of 16 top outlets.
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