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Michael Bambang Hartono

Entrepreneur · born October 2, 1939 · died 2026

$18.5Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

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Michael Bambang Hartono was an Indonesian billionaire heir and businessman.

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2019$18.5BForbes · current

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