birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name occupation
pontianak , indonesia indonesian tomy winata 23 july 1958 owner and chairman of artha graha group tomy_winata . jpg tomy winata
 guo shuo feng 郭說鋒 entrepreneur , philanthropist
tomy winata

tomy winata -lrb- pronounced and sometimes misspelled as tommy winata -rrb- ; born guo shuo feng 郭說鋒 on 23 july 1958 ; is an indonesian businessman with interests in banking , property , and infrastructure .
his philanthropic interests include the environment , particularly the tambling wildlife nature conservation a 45,000 hectare forest , endangered wildlife and sea conservation area , located in southern sumatra .
he is the son of an automobile spare parts trader and left school in the seventh grade upon which he sold ice pops to support his family .
according to the washington post , he then `` rose from a car washer and office boy to become one of the nation 's richest men '' .
in 2006 , he was listed as # 35 on a forbes list of `` the 40 richest men in indonesia '' .
