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Southeast Asia’ 30 most powerful bosses

Southeast Asia’ 30 most powerful bosses

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September 22, 2011

Southeast Asia’s 30 most powerful bosses

Indonesian and Malaysian leaders took the top ten spots at Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia Power List.
The list is filled with a virtual who’s who of people and companies – from real estate, F&B, telcos, tobacco, transportation and more, these men and women are the movers and shakers who make decisions that will matter to the common, everyday man.
Singaporean executives also make the cut, with CEOs of companies like Olam International, Singapore Airlines and Keppel Corp in the list. Take a look at who made the list this year – and how powerful they are deemed to be.
Aburizal Bakrie, owner of Bakrie Group, takes the first position. He is one of Indonesia’s most prominent business and political leaders. The billionaire’s business group is part-owner of Bumi Resources Group, Indonesia’s biggest coal producer by output, of which he is also the Chairman. He also is chairman of Indonesia’s Golkar political party, a member of the ruling coalition.
Aburizal Bakrie
Ranked second on the list is Putra Sampoerna, Chairman of Sampoerna Group,  who is estimated to be worth more than $2 billion. After selling his tobacco businesses in 2005, he has been focusing on online gaming and agricultural businesses.
Putra Sampoerna
Ranked third is Anthoni Salim, CEO of Salim Group which has interests in everything from real estate to agriculture. Its Indofood Sukses Makmur has grown into one of the world’s largest instant-noodle makers.
Anthoni Salim
Fourth on the list is Eka Tjipta Widjaja, the founder of Sinar Mas Group with interests in paper pulp, property and palm-oil empire. He is now one of Indonesia’s richest men thanks to his holdings in everything from Asia Paper and Pulp Co. to Golden Agri-Resources.
Eka Tjipta Widjaja
James Riady, CEO of Lippo Group, is ranked fifth on the list. The Lippo Group has interests in retail, real estate and media.
James Riady
Usaha Tegas group chairman T. Ananda Krishnan was the highest-ranked Malaysian on the list, ranking 6th on the list. He is one of the biggest players in Malaysia’s broadcasting and telecommunications sector with satellite broadcaster Astro and mobile phone outfit Maxis Communications Bhd. among the firms he guides.
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan
Seventh on the list is none other than Malaysian-born Tan Sri Robert Kuok, the richest man in Southeast Asia and often referred to as “Sugar King.” His business interests rangefrom sugar plantations to palm oil, hotels and publishing. He now resides in Hong Kong.
Robert Kuok
Ranked eight is the CEO of AirAsia, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes. A former music industry executive, Tony Fernandes turned failing government-linked carrier AirAsia into a continent-wide sensation by pushing the low-cost airline model. He has since branched out into other businesses, including hotels and telecommunications. Just recently, he bought London soccer club Queens Park Rangers.
Tony Fernandes
Ninth on the list is Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman &  CEO of Genting Group and son of Genting founder Lim Goh Tong. Expanding gaming outfit Genting Group from its base in Malaysia, Lim oversees a multinational business with interests from Australia and Singapore to the United States.
Lim Kok Thay
Datuk Seri Nazir Razak, CEO of CIMB Group, is ranked 10th on the list. A banker by profession. he has turned Malaysia’s CIMB Group into one of the most powerful banking groups in Southeast Asia. His late father Abdul Razak was Malaysia’s second prime minister, while elder brother Najib Razak is the country’s current prime minister.
Nazir Razak
The list comprises 30 people in all. The other 20 on the list are:
11. Shamsul Azhar Abbas of Malaysia (President, Petronas)
12. Tay Za of Myanmar (Chairman, Htoo Group)
13. Manuel Pangilinan of Philippines (Chairman, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co./CEO, First Pacific Co. Ltd. )
14. Ramon Ang of Philippines (President and Chief Operating Officer, San Miguel)
15. Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala of Philippines (Chairman and Chief Executive, Ayala)
16. John Gokongwei of Philippines (CEO, Cebu Pacific )
17. Kuok Khoon Hong of Singapore (CEO, Wilmar International )
18. Sunny Verghese of Singapore (CEO, Olam International Ltd.)
19. Goh Choon Phong of Singapore (CEO, Singapore Airlines)
20. Chua Sock Koong of Singapore (Group Chief Executive, SingTel)
21. Liew Mun Leong of Singapore (CEO, CapitaLand Group)
22. Choo Chiau Beng of Singapore (CEO, Keppel Corp)
23. Piyush Gupta of Singapore (CEO, DBS Group Holdings)
24. Dhanin Chearvanont of Thailand (Owner, CP Group)
25. Charoen Sirivadhanbhakdi of Thailand (Owner, Thai Beverage Plc )
26. Chirathivat Family of Thailand (Owners, Central Department Store and Central Group)
27. Chamong Bhirombhakdi of Thailand (Owner, Boon Rawd Brewery Co. Ltd.)
28. Chatri Sophonpanich of Thailand (Chairman, Bangkok Bank)
29. Doan Nguyen Duc of Vietnam (Founder and Chairman, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group)
30. Steven Law of Myanmar (Managing Director, Asia World Co. Ltd.)
- Asiaone

12 THOUGHTS ON “SOUTHEAST ASIA’ 30 MOST POWERFUL BOSSES”

  1. Wow! These noodles are real scary.
    The first 3 fotofits look reasonably personable, not sure about the rest.
    I think this is a hoax. Another ranking gone awry, except maybe in the sense of Business-Political nexus – in terms of donations, not taxes.
    Can i be included in the 100,000,001th spot?
  2. From Malaysia Chronicle:
    SINGAPORE – Microsoft founder Bill Gates has retained his top spot on the Forbes 2011 ranking of the richest people in America with US$59 billion.
    The number two spot went to Warren Buffett with US$39 billion and Larry Ellison (No.3) with US$33 billion.
    George Soros in seventh spot, joins the Top 10 for the first time, with US$22 billion, and is one of several of the 27 hedge fund managers – seven per cent of the Forbes 400 – featured in “Hedged Fortunes”.
    This year, entrepreneurs dominate the ranks, comprising an all-time high of 70 per cent of the Forbes 400 members.
    Enthusiasm for popular brands, like Starbucks and Forever 21, has helped boost some fortunes, while the spread of social media has sparked others.
    The combined wealth of America’s richest is US$1.5 trillion, with an average net worth of US$3.8 billion, reflecting a 12 per cent uptick from 2010.
    Wealth was up for 262 members of this year’s list, while 72 members saw a decline.
    The Forbes 400 welcomed 18 new members in 2011 (Fresh Faces), including Sean Parker (No.200) who rocked the music industry with Napster and helped build Facebook (Agent Of Disruption), John Henry (No.375), majority owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC, Jeffrey Skoll (No.139) whose Participant Media’s most recent release, “The Help”, has grossed nearly US$143 million to date and Forever 21′s Jin Sook & Do Won Chang (No. 88).
    Every member of the Top 20 gained wealth this year, with the exception of Buffett, down US$6 billion from 2010, the largest dollar amount loss of any 400 member.
    The year’s biggest dollar gainer is Mark Zuckerberg (No.14), who cracked the Top 20 with a gain of US$10.6 billion.
    Among the 42 women on the list are media mogul Oprah Winfrey (No.139) who is fighting to revive her floundering cable network (Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Battle), newcomer Gayle Cook (No.96) and Meg Whitman (No.331).
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