Rank #2574
Bachtiar Karim
Net worth $1.6B
Palm oil · Indonesia
- Born
- Nov 05, 1957
- Age
- 68
- Source
- Palm oil
- Residence
- Singapore
- Citizenship
- Indonesia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bachtiar Karim or Lim Ek Tjioe is chairman and CEO of Musim Mas Holdings, a Singapore-based integrated palm oil firm that owns operations in Indonesia.
- He runs Musim Mas together with his brothers Burhan and Bahari.
- His late father Anwar founded Nam Cheong Soap Factory in 1932; the family run operation still makes soaps and margarine.
- The family opened the first palm oil refinery in Indonesia in 1970. Musim Mas was formally set up two years later.