Romy Soekarno was born in South Jakarta on 4 January 1970 to Rachmawati Sukarnoputri and Martomo Pariatman Marzuki.
Romy is also the CEO of Mahadana Group, a commodity trading company, and takes part in the family's educational foundations.
[3] However, after the election, two PDI-P candidates in the same district (Sri Rahayu [id] and Arteria Dahlan) resigned their seats, thus allowing Romy Soekarno to take a seat in the House of Representatives.
[2] Dahlan stated that he resigned in favor of Romy to make way for Sukarno's family.
[4] Romy married actress Donna Harun in 1996, and the couple has one son, Muhammad Jihad Rahtomo Soekarnoputra (Jeje Soekarno).