Putera Sampoerna
Putera Sampoerna (Chinese: 林天喜; pinyin: Lín Tiānxǐ; Hokkien: Liem Tien Pao(?); born 13 October 1947 in Schiedam) is one of Indonesia's richest men, with a fortune of more than US$2 billion. He gained his wealth as heir to the Sampoerna cigarette company (PT HM Sampoerna Tbk.), one of Indonesia's largest. Putera had been educated abroad from an early age; starting from the Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong, the Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne and finally at the University of Houston in Texas. He led the company from 1978 until 2000, when he was replaced by his son Michael Sampoerna. In 2005 he sold his family's shares and thus the company itself to Philip Morris International. After the sale of PT HM Sampoerna, Putera and his family founded investment company Sampoerna Strategic, currently led by his son Michael. Sampoerna Strategic has businesses in the telecommunications, agriculture (palm oil plantations), forestry and microfinance industry. Putera and his family are also heavily engaged in philanthropic activities through the Putera Sampoerna Foundation, which he founded in 2001. The foundation's primary activities are focused on improving education in Indonesia.↑