Como, The Italian Football Club Owned By The Conglomerate Robert Budi Hartono, Has Risen Caste To Serie B

Players and club officials celebrating promotion to Serie B (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - Italian football club Como 1907 managed to achieve positive results in Week 37 of Serie-C competition by beating Alessandria through a pair of goals scored by Alessandro Gabrielloni.

The match itself ended 2-1 to win Como, while ensuring the club belonging to the conglomerate Robert Budi Hartono was promoted to a higher level in Serie B.

Yes, the owner of the Djarum Group business is indeed listed as controlling Como along with other Indonesian entrepreneurs, namely Robert Wijaya Suwanto through SENT Entertainment Ltd.

After investigating, Robert Hartono and Robert Suwanto became Como bosses after some time ago 'tidying up' all the problems surrounding the football club.

In fact, both are said to have only spent a purchase cost of around Rp. 5 billion to acquire Como to become one of the institutions affiliated with a group of companies in Indonesia.

"(Cheap) The term redeemed at a pawnshop," said Mirwan Suwarso, a Mola TV representative who is still in the same group as Djarum, as quoted by CNBC Indonesia.

It is reported that Robert Hartono and Robert Suwanto will use Como as the home base for the development program for young Indonesian players sponsored by Djarum, namely Garuda Select.

So far, Garuda Select has conducted training camps in England without having a 'cage' and having to move around. For this reason, the acquisition of Como is part of Djarum's long-term plan in the nursery of Indonesia's outstanding football players.

Robert Hartono is known to really love the world of sports. His name also extends the line of Indonesians who own football clubs abroad.

Previously, BUMN Minister Erick Thohir was the name most often echoed by the public in the country. The Mahaka boss has registered himself as the owner of top club Inter Milan, as well as serving as club president.

Furthermore, Robert Budi Hartono is the richest person in Indonesia. In previous VOI reports, he was said to have total assets of US $ 20.5 billion or equivalent to Rp.287 trillion.

Together with their younger brother, Michael Bambang Hartono, who has assets of US $ 19.7 billion / Rp.275.8 trillion, they are the richest sibling couple in the republic.

Both are also recorded as controlling the largest private bank in Indonesia, namely BCA with an ownership portion of around 54 percent.