Portrait of Martua Sitorus

Rank #1217

Martua Sitorus

Net worth $3.6B

Palm oil · Indonesia

Born
Feb 18, 1960
Age
66
Source
Palm oil
Residence
Singapore
Citizenship
Indonesia
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Martua Sitorus cofounded Wilmar with Kuok Khoon Hong, now also a billionaire, in 1991.
  • Sitorus stepped off the board of Wilmar, one of the world's largest palm oil traders, in 2018.
  • He and his brother Ganda cofounded KPN, formerly known as Gama, with interests in palm oil plantations, property development and cement manufacturing.
  • In partnership with the Ciputra Group, KPN's property arm Gama Land built a township in Medan, North Sumatra in 2024.
  • The family's cement maker Cemindo Gemilang listed its shares in 2021 raising $77 million. Their hospital company Murni Sadar raised $21 million through an IPO in 2022.
  • A former economics student, Sitorus traded shrimp as a teenager, then switched to palm oil.
  • His business partner Kuok Khoon Hong is the nephew of revered Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok.

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