Wealth
Sukanto Up, Bakrie Down

THE Forbes Asia magazine list of the richest Indonesians changes following the global financial crisis. Today Sukanto Tanoto is listed as the richest Indonesian, pushing Aburizal Bakrie and his family down from first to ninth place.

Sukanto’s net wealth, according to Forbes, is US$2 billion (approximately Rp21 trillion at today’s exchange rate). It’s actually down by approximately 57 percent from last year’