Surya Wonowidjojo
Surya Wonowidjojo (15 August 1923 – 29 August 1985) was an Indonesian businessman.
Wonowidjojo, sometimes spelt Wonowidjoyo, was a Chinese Indonesian (Hokchia totok) born Tjoa Ing Hwie or Tjoa Jien Hwie (traditional Chinese: 蔡雲輝; simplified Chinese: 蔡云辉; pinyin: Cài Yúnhuī;[1] Hokkien: Chhoà Ûn-hui) in Yinxi (音西), Fuqing in Fujian Province, China.[1] He was the founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer, and father of billionaire Rachman Halim.[1]
Wonowidjojo's family first migrated to Sampang, Madura when Surya was four years old. When his father died, he moved to Kediri, East Java where he worked for his uncle who was a kretek manufacturer.[1]
Wonowidjojo founded Gudang Garam in Kediri in 1958 and headed the company until handing control to his son in 1984.[1]
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