Conglomerate Dato Tahir, Owner Of IDR 44.04 Trillion Of Assets, Mochtar Riady Was Banned From Entering The Lippo Business

JAKARTA - The figure of the conglomerate Dato Sri Tahir alias Ang Tjoen Ming is being discussed a lot in the social media world lately. This is because the video of the daughter, Grace Tahir, went viral because it parodied the suspect in the gambling fraud case wrapped in trading, Indra Kenz.

Dato'Sri Tahir has successfully developed his business octopus, namely the Mayapada Group which has banking companies to hospitals. Dato Sri Tahir's name is also increasingly respected after he married the daughter of conglomerate Mochtar Riady, Rosy Riady.

Maybe some people see that marrying the son of a conglomerate will make it easier to move up a career in the business world. But in fact this does not apply to Dato Sri Tahir.

This was told by Dato Sri Tahir to his daughter on Grace tahir's personal Youtube channel @gt.bodyshot. Dato Sri Tahir opened up about the early days of his marriage with Rosy Riady.

"Gini Grace, every family has its own culture and philosophy. But the fact is, when I married and became the husband of Mochtar Riady's daughter, I was still an ordinary person and my selling job was not clear. You can imagine that I belonged to a family at that time. standing as President Director, surely this will indirectly lead to the assumption that we are on a different level," said Tahir to Grace Tahir, quoted on Saturday, March 26.

Dato Tahir further recounted that in the first week of his marriage, Tahir had to swallow the bitter truth regarding Mochtar Riady's principles. The father-in-law said that his son-in-law should not be involved in the business environment of the Riady family, aka Lippo Group.

"From the first week I got married, Mr. Mochtar had called him who said that he was not accepted to work in the Riady family business circle. And I said yes, it's okay because it's not a big problem. Then Mr. Mochtar asked me: what are you going to do? to do? I told Mr. Mochtar clearly, one day I'll beat you," he explained.

However, Dato Sri Tahir is very respectful and reluctant to the figure of Mochtar Riady. Dato Sri Tahir assessed that the father of James Riady was a very firm and philosophical figure.

"Mr. Mochtar is a very philosophical figure, and understands various Chinese Philosophy very well, he is a very expert figure in the fields of culture, literature and mandarin history. And no one can be blamed. It's just that we are from a modern society that has many adheres to the understanding of western culture. So there are cultural differences, now to adjust the culture is not easy, "he said.

"I always think that my relationship in Riady's family is just a handshake outside the fence, yes it is close but there is a barrier there. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong, it could be that Tahir is not good. There is a two culture, different culture that is not easy to put together," added Dato Sri Tahir.

However, his life process finally bears sweet fruit. After swallowing many acids and salts of life, Dato Sri Tahir managed to equal and even surpass the wealth of his father-in-law Mochtar Riady.

In the Forbes list of the richest people in Indonesia as of December 2021, Tahir is ranked 16th with a wealth of US$2.8 billion or around Rp40.04 trillion. While Mochtar Riady is in 23rd place with a recorded wealth of 1.85 billion US dollars or around Rp. 26.45 trillion.