Agus Lasmono Sudwikatmono, 45
Indika Energy
Coal mining, construction, energy
$610 million (2015) $550 million (2016)
While his energy and mining company Indika Energy is struggling from the plunge in prices of coal, Agus also has interests in media along with partner Wishnutama Kusubandio and other young businessmen including Erick Tohir.
Their media stable includes rising stars NetTV and Radio Indika and a gossip tabloid. The TV station’s positioning as a channel for the young generation provides vastly different fare to the usual soaps.
It shouldn’t be surprising that Agus knows how to keep youth engaged: in his youth he was the vocalist for thrash metal band Nosferatu.
He’s credited with rescuing the fortunes of the Subentra Group of his late father Sudwikatmono and other family businesses when they were hit by the 1998 economic crisis.
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