{{Short description|Indonesian businessman (born 1941)}} {{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Hartono (黃)]]||lang=Chinese Indonesian}}{{Infobox person | name = Robert Budi Hartono | image = Robert-budi-hartono.jpg | caption = Hartono in March 2013 | other_names = Oei Hwie Tjhong | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|4|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Semarang]], [[Central Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]] | citizenship = Indonesian | alma_mater = [[Diponegoro University]] | occupation = | known_for = Owner of [[Djarum]], [[Bank Central Asia|BCA]] and [[Como 1907]] <br /> Founder of [[Polytron (electronics company)|Polytron]] | parents = [[Oei Wie Gwan]] & Goei Tjoe Nio | spouse = Giok Hartono | children = 3 | relatives = [[Michael Bambang Hartono]] (brother) | module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes | hide = no | headercolor = transparent | t = {{linktext|黃|輝|聰}}<ref name=sinchew>{{cite web | url=http://indonesia.sinchew.com.my/node/60311 | title= 針記首席運營長黃志勝澄清‧黃家泉州無祖屋 |work=Harian Indonesia |date=9 May 2016 | access-date=1 September 2018 |language=zh-Hant | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901020809/http://indonesia.sinchew.com.my/node/60311 | archive-date=1 September 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | s = {{linktext|黄|辉|聪|}} | p = Huáng Huìzhōng | poj = Ûiⁿ Huī Tiong }} }} '''Robert Budi Hartono''' (born 28 April 1941) is an Indonesian tobacco billionaire with a net worth of US$25.3 billion as of September 2023.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=R. Budi Hartono|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/r-budi-hartono/|website=Forbes|accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> He owns and runs the privately held [[Djarum]], the world's third-largest maker of [[Kretek|clove cigarettes]]. Djarum has reportedly recently grabbed shares from the number two cigarette firm, [[Sampoerna]]. Budi Hartono also had a stake with his brother, [[Michael Bambang Hartono]] in one of Indonesia's biggest banks, [[Bank Central Asia]], formerly controlled by billionaire [[Sudono Salim]]. According to ''[[Forbes]]'', he is the second richest Indonesian and the 61st richest person in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World |url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=Forbes |language=English}}</ref>
== Career == Starting from scratch Mr. [[Oei Wie Gwan]] bought a small business in the field named Djarum clove gramophone. In 1951, he changed its name to Djarum. Oei began marketing cigarettes under the brand name Djarum, which turned out to be successful in the market. After a fire nearly gutted the company in 1963 (Oei died shortly afterward), Djarum started back up and modernized their factory equipment. In 1972 Djarum began to export their product abroad. Three years later the brand Djarum Filter was introduced, the first brand to be produced by machines, followed by the brand Djarum Super, introduced in 1981.
Together with his brother, Michael, at the age of 22 Robert inherited one of the leading cigarette companies today, Djarum. Djarum was previously a small business called Djarum gramophone which was later purchased by his father, Oei Wie Gwan, in 1951 and changed its name to Djarum. Robert and his brother inherited Djarum after his father died. At that time, Djarum's factory burned down and suffered an uncertain status. In the hands of the two Hartono brothers, Djarum grew into an industry giant.<ref name=Hartono>{{cite book|title= Resep Tajir 22 Konglomerat Indonesia |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0d91EAAAQBAJ&dq=robert+budi+hartono&pg=PA103 |location=Jakarta|publisher=| isbn=9786023910250 | last1=Bastian | first1=Radis }}</ref>
In September 2019, Budi Hartono and his brother Michael Hartono were reported by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine as the richest men in Indonesia in 2019, with a combined wealth of $35 billion.<ref name=Forbes/><ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Hartono|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-hartono/|website=Forbes|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> Budi Hartono was listed by ''Forbes'' as being worth $18.6 billion,<ref name=Forbes/> while in 2012 he was worth $6.5 billion.<ref>Bagus BT Saragih, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/11/30/bakrie-out-rich-men-s-club.html Bakrie out of rich men's club'], ''The Jakarta Post'', 30 November 2012.</ref>
== Personal life ==
===Early life=== Robert Budi Hartono was born in 1941 (as ''Oei Hwie Tjhong'') in the city of [[Semarang]], [[Central Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Approaching Suharto's Indonesia from the Margins|editor-first=Takashi|editor-last=Shiraishi|first=Yuri|last=Sato|chapter=The Development of Business Groups in Indonesia: 1967-1989|location=Ithaca, NY|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=1994|isbn=9780877274032|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FldDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122|pages=101–153}}</ref> and was the 2nd child of [[Oei Wie Gwan]] and Goei Tjo Nio. His brother, [[Michael Bambang Hartono]] was born in 1939.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parvadiya |first=Avan |date=2023-07-18 |title=Budi Hartono Early Life, Net Worth, Family & Biography |url=https://billionaireindex.org/budi-hartono/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Billionaire Index |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Present life=== He is married with three children and lives in [[Kudus, Kudus|Kudus]], Indonesia.<ref name=Forbes />
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