profil erick thohir : Erick Thohir (born 30 May 1970) is an Indonesian businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Mahaka Group, a holding company which focuses on media and entertainment. He is also the chairman and minority owner of Inter Milan, owner of D.C. United, and President Director of antv.
Erick Thohir was born on 30 May 1970. He was born in a Muslim family and is practicing. His father, Teddy Thohir, was a co-owner of the automotive group Astra International with William Soeryadjaya. His brother, Garibaldi Thohir, is an investment banker and entrepreneur in the energy sector. He also has a sister, Rika Thohir.As a child, the younger Thohir helped the family business.
Thohir received his master's degree in 1993 from National University (California), United States.
Currently, Thohir's family holding company, TNT Group, has large investments in the Indonesian energy, foods, property and media industries. In 2015, the TNT group had a revenue of $1,1 billion.
Upon his return to Indonesia, together with his colleagues, he formed the Mahaka Group.
In 2001, the Mahaka Group bought Republika, the biggest Islamic newspaper in Indonesia. Because of Thohir's background in communications, he was chosen to lead the paper.He received support from his father, as well as founder of Kompas Jakob Oetama and founder of Jawa Pos Dahlan Iskan to run this newspaper. The Mahaka Group spread its potential by investing in the outdoor advertising company Mahaka Advertising due to the growth of the economic and the city size in 2002.
After launching the television station Jak TV, Mahaka introduced the radio stations 98.7 Gen FM and 101 Jak FM, and participated in PT Radionet Cipta Karya (Prambors FM, Delta FM and FeMale Radio), as well as numerous advertising, ticketing, entertainment and digital companies.
Thohir is the founder of two charities, the education-oriented Darma Bakti Mahaka Foundation and Dompet Dhuafa Republika.
In 2011, together with Anindya Bakrie hw co-owned the television stations tvOne, as well as the internet news site Viva News. In 2014, he was involved in a turnaround project and became the President Director of antv.
However, in June 2016 Thohir sold part of its stake in Inter Milan to Suning Holdings Group, which was chaired by self-made billionaire Zhang Jindong. Thohir remained as the chairman, despite as the second largest shareholder.
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