Anthony Salim, born Liem Hong Sien (Chinese: 林逢生; pinyin: Lín Féngshēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Hông Senn; born 25 October 1949), is an Indonesian businessman and investor.
He is the head of the conglomerate Salim Group and the chairman of First Pacific, a Hong Kong–based investment management firm.
[4] If your house is already burned, the next thing they would try to do is get the people, you don't want to get caught in the middle of something like that.After the riots subsided, he returned to Jakarta to rebuild his conglomerate and to pay off some $5 billion in remaining debt.
[5] He is listed as substantial shareholder (74%) of Indofood Agri Resources, a Singaporean agriculture holding company often criticized for working with dubious shadow companies involved in obtaining palm oil from undisclosed, contested land.
His oldest son, Axton (born in 1979), studied business administration in Colorado and has had leading roles in the Salim Group's companies.