Who doesn't know Marina Budiman, the richest woman in Indonesia today. Many wonder about Marina Budiman's profile, the business she runs, and the amount of wealth that makes her included in the list of the richest people in Indonesia 2025. Reporting from Forbes, Marina Budiman has a wealth of 4.8 billion USD or equivalent to IDR77.81 trillion (exchange rate IDR16,212.16/USD). This makes her not only the richest woman in Indonesia, but also the 9th richest person in Indonesia.
So, who is Marina Budiman and what business does she run?
Marina Budiman is an Indonesian citizen who was born in 1961. Reporting from CNN Indonesia, Marina Budiman studied at the University of Toronto in 1985 and graduated with a degree in economics and finance. After completing her studies, Marina returned to Indonesia and worked at PT Bank Bali as an account officer, marking the beginning of her career.
Marina Budiman then moved on to become a Project Manager at PT Sigma Cipta Caraka, an end-to-end IT solutions company, from 1989 to 2000. In the middle of this period, in 1994, Marina Budiman founded Indonesia's first internet service provider, Indonet, with Otto Sugiri.
Marina's expertise made her career journey very brilliant. From 2000 to 2008, she served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Sigma. Then, she held the position of sales and delivery director from 2008 to 2010. Then on July 18, 2011, Marina teamed up with Otto Sugiri and Han Arming Hanafia to establish PT DCI Indonesia. PT DCI Indonesia is a data center service provider company and grew to become the first Tier IV data center operator in Southeast Asia.
Marina Budiman's source of wealth that made her named the richest woman in Indonesia is certainly inseparable from PT DCI Indonesia. Since 2016 until now, Marina has served as the company's president commissioner. Marina's fantastic wealth comes from her shareholding in PT DCI Indonesia. After Otto Sugiri, Marina is the 2nd largest shareholder of DCII with a portion of 26.27 percent as of April 30, 2021.
Did you know that Marina Budiman's wealth of IDR 57 Trillion once disappeared in 3 days?
As reported by The Independent Singapore from Bloomberg, Marina Budiman lost half of her wealth in March 2025 due to DCII's stock plummeting. The Bloomberg report states that Marina's fortune disappeared by IDR57 trillion when DCI Indonesia shares plummeted in Indonesia's worst market crash in the last 10 years.
The stock plummeted due to several domestic factors, including President Prabowo Subianto's economic policies and deteriorating fiscal outlook. Worldwide economic factors, including trade wars and US tariff policies, were also suspected to be the cause.
The collapse of DCII's shares saw tens of trillions of Marina Budiman's wealth vanish in just three days. Similar losses were also experienced by her business partners at DCII, namely Otto Sugiri and Han Arming Hanafia.
Source: beautynesia.id
Photo: DCI Indonesia
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