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Indonesia’s Five Richest Women Hold $18.1 Billion Fortune

Jauhari Mahardhika
October 1, 2026 | 3:54 pm
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Marina Budiman, chief commissioner and co-founder of DCI Indonesia. (Photo courtesy of DCI Indonesia)
Marina Budiman, chief commissioner and co-founder of DCI Indonesia. (Photo courtesy of DCI Indonesia)

Jakarta. Indonesia’s five richest women have a combined net worth of about $18.1 billion, or Rp325 trillion, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List.

Marina Budiman ranks as the wealthiest, with a fortune of about $5.8 billion, equivalent to Rp104.1 trillion. She is the only woman among the five whose wealth exceeds Rp100 trillion.

Marina is co-founder and president commissioner of DCI Indonesia (DCII), a data center company. She founded the company in 2011 with Otto Toto Sugiri and Han Arming Hanafia.

Indonesia’s Five Richest Women Hold $18.1 Billion Fortune
Tessa Natalia Hartono (left), then CEO of Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, and Khun Yuwadee Chirathivat, CEO of Central Department Store, shake hands after signing a partnership agreement in 2012. Tessa is an heir to the late Michael \

Vanessa Hartono and Tessa Natalia Hartono rank second and third, with each estimated to have a net worth of about $3.7 billion, or Rp66.4 trillion.

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Vanessa is one of the heirs to the Hartono family fortune, which Forbes says is derived partly from banking and tobacco businesses, including those associated with Bank Central Asia (BBCA).

Tessa is also an heir to the late Michael “Bambang” Hartono and serves as a commissioner at cigarette maker Djarum. The Hartono family has also built wealth through property and electronics businesses.

Indonesia’s Five Richest Women Hold $18.1 Billion Fortune
Dewi Kam, one of Indonesia\'s richest women, derives most of her wealth from a 10% minority stake in coal mining company PT Bayan Resources Tbk. She is often dubbed a \

Dewi Kam ranks fourth with an estimated fortune of $3 billion, or about Rp53.8 trillion. Most of her wealth comes from a minority stake in PT Bayan Resources Tbk (BYAN), a coal producer. Forbes also identifies her as being involved in the development and operation of power plants.

Indonesia’s Five Richest Women Hold $18.1 Billion Fortune
Wirastuty Fangiono, one of Indonesia\'s richest women, is the executive director of First Resources, a Singapore-listed palm oil company controlled by her family. (Handout)

Wirastuty Fangiono rounds out the list with an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion, or Rp34.1 trillion.

She controls FAP Agri (FAPA), a palm oil plantation company that was listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2021. Wirastuty also owns a stake in Singapore-listed palm oil company First Resources Limited.

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