Kiki Barki, whose coal mining riches made him a billionaire, is shifting his Harum Energy’s focus into nickel, which is used to power electric vehicles.
Media and property mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo, executive chairman of Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) group, who dropped out of the ranks last year, is back on the list, boosted by his business associate’s imminent return to the White House.
Garibaldi “Boy” Thohir’s coal miner, known until recently as Adaro Energy Indonesia, is doubling down on renewable energy, aiming to get over half of its revenue from non-coal businesses by 2030.
The Widjaja family’s wealth soared 75% to $18.9 billion, fueled by a sevenfold jump in shares of Dian Swastatika Sentosa, the energy-to-infrastructure unit of their Sinar Mas group.
Indonesian digital payment unicorn Xendit has become a minority shareholder in Bank Sahabat Sampoerna, a private bank focused on SMEs whose main owners are billionaires Putera Sampoerna and Djoko Susanto.
When it comes to creating wealth, America still reigns supreme. The U.S. boasts 540 billionaires, more than any other country on the planet and more than all of Europe combined. Here's the full list of every American with a ten-digit fortune.
Buoyed by a wave of new faces from China, the up-and-coming Asia-Pacific region surpassed the United States in billionaires on the newly released 2015 Forbes Billionaires List. The Asia-Pacific, underpinned by China and India, had 562 billionaires, compared with 536 for the United States. Last year, the United States had 492 members and the Asia-Pacific region had [...]