Showing the new face of Asia
Director, Lippo Group
James Riady, a youthful Indonesian-Chinese billionaire, is an enigmatic figure in the hard, polished world of international business, politics and diplomacy. As head of the the Lippo Group - the Riady family's financial-services and real-estate empire - valued at $12 billion before the Asian financial meltdown, the 41-year-old moves easily in the political and financial elite of Indonesia, China, Singapore, the US and Australia.
He is at once charming and amusing, and disciplined and ruthless in the pursuit of Lippo's interests. At the request of the Indonesian president, BJ Habibie, he is now touring the Asia-Pacific region as one...
