Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group : The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia

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Captivating tale of wealth, power, and Indonesian history.

Recommendation: This book provides a fascinating look into the life of Liem Sioe Liong, who went from a penniless migrant to the wealthiest businessman in Suharto's Indonesia. Through serendipity and good instincts, he became an important pillar of support for Suharto and played a crucial role in the country's history. The book offers elusive insights from Liem and his son Anthony Salim, taking readers on a journey through the birth and development of the Salim Group, a giant conglomerate. It is a captivating tale of wealth, power, and Indonesian history that is sure to intrigue anyone interested in business, politics, and Southeast Asia.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group : The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia

Regular price $34.81
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ISBN: 9789814459570
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs, Business
Related Topics: Entrepreneurship, Biography

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This is the story of Liem Sioe Liong, a penniless migrant from China who arrived in Java in 1938 and became the wealthiest businessman in Suharto’s Indonesia. Through serendipity, good instincts and networking skills, Liem rose from being an obscure, small-scale trader in the 1950s to become an important pillar of support for Suharto, who gained power amid murky circumstances and replaced Sukarno as Indonesia’s president in the mid-1960s.

The text has elusive inputs from Liem and his son Anthony Salim, currently CEO of the giant conglomerate Liem founded, known as the Salim Group. It traces the history of the group from its birth in the late 1960s, to its development as a transnational corporation, until the post-Suharto period, when Anthony fended off opponents and kept Salim afloat after its patron lost power in 1998.


Author: Richard Borsuk
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher: Institute for Southeast Asian Studies
Publication Date: 30 Jul 2014
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Captivating tale of wealth, power, and Indonesian history.

Recommendation: This book provides a fascinating look into the life of Liem Sioe Liong, who went from a penniless migrant to the wealthiest businessman in Suharto's Indonesia. Through serendipity and good instincts, he became an important pillar of support for Suharto and played a crucial role in the country's history. The book offers elusive insights from Liem and his son Anthony Salim, taking readers on a journey through the birth and development of the Salim Group, a giant conglomerate. It is a captivating tale of wealth, power, and Indonesian history that is sure to intrigue anyone interested in business, politics, and Southeast Asia.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.