JAKARTA - Prajogo Pangestu, the number one rich person in Indonesia who managed to move up 3 places, from ranked 4 to rank one according to Forbes Real Time as of November 11, 2023. This achievement also made Prajogo included in the list of the 30 richest people in the world.
Prajogo Pangestu occupies the number one richest person in Indonesia with a total wealth of US$ 38.7 billion or equivalent to Rp. 607 trillion. Prajogo managed to race Low Tuck Kwong and the Hartono Brothers in a matter of days accompanied by an increase in the share price of his companies. It is known that Prajogo is someone with a high school graduate and a former angkot driver in 1960.
His meeting with Burhan Uray, a wood entrepreneur from Malaysia, changed his fate, which was originally only the angkot driver, now he is the richest entrepreneur. Starting from the joining of Prajogo with Burhan's PT Djajanti Group until now he owns a number of companies. Armed with the knowledge he got from the company owned by the Malaysian businessman, Prajogo founded CV. Pacific Lumber Coy at the end of 1980 who later changed his name to PT Barito Pacific Tbk in 2007.
Other companies that belong to them include PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, PT Barito Renewables Energy Tbk, and PT Petrindo Jaya Kreasi. Watch the video below.
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