William Soeryadjaya, also known as Tjia Kian Liong (Chinese: 謝建隆; pinyin: Xiè Jiànlóng; Wade–Giles: Hsieh4 Chien4-lung2; 20 December 1922 – 2 April 2010), also known as Om (Uncle) William, born in Majalengka, was a Chinese Indonesian businessman who co-founded Astra International, Indonesia's largest conglomerate.
[2] Soeryadjaya co-founded Astra in 1957, then a trading company, with his younger brother Tjia Kian Tie.
[1] The company, which also owns finance, plantation, auto parts manufacturing, automotive businesses, and heavy machinery and mining services, sells Honda motorcycles, BMW, Daihatsu, Peugeot, Citroën and Toyota vehicles throughout Indonesia.
[1] Soeryadjaya lost control of Astra in 1992, when he sold most of his family's shares to rescue Summa Bank, which was owned by his eldest son Edward Soeryadjaya,[3] that had suffered from a credit crisis and finally collapsed.
[1] William Soeryadjaya died in Jakarta on 2 April 2010, at the age of 87 and was buried in San Diego Hills in the following days.