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{{family name hatnote|[[Hartono]]||lang=Chinese Indonesian}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Robert Budi Hartono<br />{{linktext|黃|惠|忠}}<ref name="forbes">[http://www.forbeschina.com/review/billionaires/home/106480.shtml 黄惠忠/R. Budi Hartono] Forbes</ref>
| other_names        = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1941|4|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Semarang]], [[Dutch East Indies]]
| citizenship        = Indonesian
| alma mater         = [[Diponegoro University]]
| occupation         = 
| known_for          = Owner of [[Djarum]] and [[Bank Central Asia|BCA]] <br /> Founder of {{ill|Polytron Electronics|id|Polytron}}
| parents            = [[Oei Wie Gwan]] & Goei Tjoe Nio
| spouse             = Giok Hartono
| children           = 3
| relatives          = [[Michael Bambang Hartono]] (brother)
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| title= Robert Budi Hartono<br /><small>([[Chinese Indonesian name]])</small>
| t={{linktext|黃|惠|忠}}
| s={{linktext|黄|惠|忠}}
| p=Huáng Huìzhōng
| showflag=jyp
| poj=Ûiⁿ Hūi-tiong
}}
'''Robert Budi Hartono''' ({{zh|first=t|s={{linktext|黄|惠|忠}}|t={{linktext|黃|惠|忠}}|p=Huáng Huìzhōng|poj=Ûiⁿ Hūi-tiong}};<ref name="forbes" /> born on 28 April 1941)<ref>{{cite book|title=Approaching Suharto's Indonesia from the Margins|editor-first=Takashi|editor-last=Shiraishi|first=Yuri|last=Sato|chapter=The Development of Business Groups in Indonesia: 1967-1989|location=Ithaca, NY|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=1994|isbn=9780877274032|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FldDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122|pages=101–153}}</ref> is a [[Chinese Indonesian]] tobacco billionaire with a 2018 net worth of US$12.6 billion.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=R. Budi Hartono|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/r-budi-hartono/|website=Forbes|accessdate=9 December 2020}}</ref> He owns and runs the privately held [[Djarum]], the world's third largest maker of clove [[cigarettes]]. Djarum has reportedly recently grabbed shares from the number two cigarette firm, [[Sampoerna]]. Budi Hartono also has a stake with his brother, [[Michael Bambang Hartono]] in one of Indonesia's biggest banks, [[Bank Central Asia]], formerly controlled by billionaire [[Liem Sioe Liong]].  In 2020, according to American business magazine, [[Forbes]], Budi Hartono's net worth reportedly reached US$22.3 billion and he was noted as the richest Indonesian and 71<sup>st</sup> richest person in the world.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/r-budi-hartono/?list=rtb#2f5fe425e17b Forbes.com] ''Retrieved'' ''July 27, 2020 Monday''</ref>

== Career ==
Starting from Mr. [[Oei Wie Gwan]] bought a small business in the field named Djarum clove gramophone. In 1951 it changed its name to Djarum. Oei began marketing cigarettes under the brand "Djarum" which turned out to be successful in the market. After a fire nearly gutted the company in 1963 (Oei died shortly afterward), Djarum back up and modernize their equipment in the factory. In 1972 Djarum began to export their product abroad. Three years later the brand Djarum Djarum Filter was introduced, the first brand to be produced by machines, followed by the brand Djarum Super, introduced in 1981.

Together with his brother, Michael Hartono, at the age of 22 Robert inherited one of the leading cigarette company today, Djarum. Djarum was previously a small business called Djarum gramophone which was later purchased by his father, Oei Wie Gwan, in 1951 and changed its name to Djarum. Robert and his brother inherited Djarum after his father died. At that time, Djarum's factory burned down and suffered an unstable condition. But in the hands of the two Hartono brothers, Djarum could grow into giants.

In a September 2019 billionaires' personal information, Budi Hartono and his brother Michael Hartono were reported by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine as the richest men in Indonesia in 2019 with a combined wealth of $US 35 billion.<ref name=Forbes/><ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Hartono|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-hartono/|website=Forbes|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref>  Budi Hartono was listed by ''Forbes'' as being worth $US 18.6 billion,<ref name=Forbes/> while in 2012 was $US 6.5 billion.<ref>Bagus BT Saragih, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/11/30/bakrie-out-rich-men-s-club.html Bakrie out of rich men's club'], ''The Jakarta Post'', 30 November 2012.</ref>

== Personal life ==

===Early life===
Robert Budi Hartono was born in 1940 at the city of [[Semarang]], [[Dutch East Indies]], He was the 2nd children of [[Oei Wie Gwan]] and Goei Tjo Nio. His brother, [[Michael Bambang Hartono]] was born in 1939.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

===Present life===
He is married with three children and lives in [[Kudus, Kudus|Kudus]], [[Indonesia]].<ref name=Forbes />

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523121213/http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/76/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=76&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=3XQP&datatype=Person Forbes 2004]
*[http://www.unoitc.org UNOITC.org Home]
*[http://www.bis.org Bank for International Settlements]
*[http://www.unoitc.org/Structure.html Structure]

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