Putera Sampoerna (;

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: Liem Tien Hie; born 13 October 1947 in

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) is an Indonesian businessman. As of 2016, he had an estimated net worth of US$1.8 billion. Putera Sampoerna gained his wealth as heir to the

Sampoerna PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk, commonly known as Sampoerna (), is an Indonesian tobacco company owned by Philip Morris International. Sampoerna is the largest tobacco company in Indonesia. It produces clove cigarettes, otherwise locally known ...

cigarette company (PT HM Sampoerna Tbk.) Putera was educated abroad from an early age; starting from the

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, the

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and finally at the

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. He led Sampoerna from 1978 until 2000, when he was replaced by his son Michael Sampoerna. In 2005 Putera, together with the rest of his family sold their stake in Sampoerna to

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.http://www.tobaccojournal.com/show_artikel.php3?id=4344 "Clove encounter: Philip Morris acquires Sampoerna", '' Tobacco Journal'', March 2005. After the sale of Sampoerna, Putera and his family founded investment company Sampoerna Strategic, currently led by his son Michael. Sampoerna Strategic has businesses in the telecommunications, agriculture (

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plantations), forestry, and the

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industry. Putera and his family also run the Putera Sampoerna Foundation.

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Sampoerna StrategicSampoerna Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sampoerna, Putera 1947 births Living people Businesspeople in the tobacco industry Indonesian billionaires Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian philanthropists People from Schiedam People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School Putera