One Level Above Liem

From an electrical technician Arifin Panigoro became an oil baron. Medcos shares are not being sold, after all.

September 26, 2006

HIGH up in the air, Arifin Panigoro struggled under the scorching sun. Standing on a bamboo ladder leaning against an electricity pole, the student at the Electrical Engineering School, Bandung Institute of Technology, was busy working on a faulty streetlight.

At another time, Arifin worked on installing electricity panels in railway coaches. Those were Arifins daily activities in serving customers of CV Corona Electric, a company providing elect

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