JAKARTA (May 29, 2012) – Indonesian billionaire Hary Tanoesoedibjo already has over a third of the country’s television viewers in his pocket. Now he wants the same share of votes in a general election, enough to clinch power for the political party he helps lead.
Mr Tanoesoedibjo has built a US$7.2 billion (S$9.19 billion) business empire in Indonesia in only 14 years, targeting the speedy growth in consumer demand among an emerging middle class in the world’s fourth most populous nation.
But business is not the only thing on his mind. While he insists he has no personal political ambitions, he says the reforms carried out in South-east Asia’s biggest economy since the ouster of strongman President Suharto in 1998 have been too slow and that his party could make a difference.
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