This Is Beyond Money

Budi Gunadi Sadikin has been so snowed under with work in the past few months that he has to skip his five days a week jogging and swimming routine. The 54-year-old CEO of Indonesia Asahan Aluminum—also known by Inalum—spends copious amounts of time taking care of the divestment of Freeport Indonesia’s shares. As a consequence, the Bogor native’s weight soared.

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October 9, 2018

As the divestment process continues, Budi has to meet back and forth all the ministers involved, namely Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Ignasius Jonan as well as State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Rini Soemarno. “I’m a lackey of these three,” quipped the former CEO of Bank Mandiri last week in his office in Sudirman, Jakarta.

Budi said the hardest part of his duty as the

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