Bambang Hary Iswanto Tanoesoedibjo is an Indonesian billionaire businessman and politician. He is the President Director of PT MNC Investama Tbk, which he founded in 2009. As the founder of MNC Group, he oversees and develops the strategy of the holding company and its subsidiaries, bringing them to be prominent companies in their respective areas.
In the media sector, he has served as President Director of PT Global Mediacom
Tbk since 2002, President Commissioner of PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk since 2006, and as President Director of RCTI since 2010, previously serving this last position between 2003 and 2008. In the non-media sector, he serves as President Commissioner of PT MNC Kapital Indonesia Tbk since 1999, President Commissioner of PT MNC Securities since 2004, Commissioner of PT Global Transport Services since 2010, President Director of PT MNC Land Tbk since April 2011, and President Director of PT MNC Energy since 2012.
In addition to his role as a speaker at national and international media events, he
lectures in post-graduate programs at several universities in the fields of corporate finance, investment and management strategies.
Tanoesoedibjo was born in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on 26 September
1965, the son of a local businessman. He is the youngest of six siblings. After finishing high school, he studied at Carleton University with his siblings and cousins in Canada. In 1988, he gained a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, then an MBA completed in 1989 at the University of Ottawa. Tanoesoedibjo married Liliana Tanaja Tanoesoedibjo and they have five and then or six children, the only son being Warren Haryputra Tanoesoedibjo