Mochtar Riady, born Lie Mo Tie (; born 12 May 1929) is an Indonesian financial magnate and the founder and chairman emeritus of

Lippo Group Lippo Group is an Indonesian multinational conglomerate company. The company operates internationally providing property development and management services. It was founded by Mochtar Riady. Lippo has a collective presence across Asia and No ...

. He was born in

Malang Malang (; , ), historically known as Tumapel, is an inland List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari, Singhasari K ...

to a

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians (), or simply ''Orang Tionghoa'' or ''Tionghoa'', are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese Indonesians are the fourth largest community of Overseas Chinese in th ...

family. At five months old, his parents took him to his father's ancestral village in

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

where he lived until he was six years old.

Early life

Riady's father was a batik trader named Liapi (1887–1959), while his mother was named Sibelau (1889–1937). Both of his parents migrated from

and arrived in

in 1918.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riady, Mochtar 1929 births Converts to Christianity from Buddhism Living people Indonesian billionaires Indonesian businesspeople Indonesian Christians Indonesian people of Chinese descent Nanjing University alumni Indonesian Hokkien people