In this biography
Quick facts
- Born
- Not reliably established
- Birthplace
- Not independently established
- Country
- Indonesia
- Nationality
- Indonesian
- Known for
- Management of food and diversified businesses through distinct listed companies and family-business succession
- Education
- BA, Ewell County Technical College, Surrey, UK, 1971
- Family-business background
- Son of Sudono Salim, also known as Liem Sioe Liong
- First Pacific
- Director from 1981; chairman since June 2003
- Indofood
- President Director and CEO since 2004; reappointed in 2024
- Indofood CBP
- President Director since 2009; reappointed in 2024
- Institutional membership
- Asia Business Council since 2004
Why this life matters
His career illustrates succession, crisis-era restructuring and the distinction between a family-business group and the legal responsibilities of its listed companies.
Timeline
Key moments
College qualification
Completed a BA at Ewell County Technical College in Surrey.
Family-business development
Entered the group and gradually assumed greater management responsibilities from his father.
First Pacific board
Began his directorship, preceding the later chairmanship.
Crisis and restructuring
The group’s debt and asset restructuring forms part of the institutional study of its strategy.
Different company appointments
Became First Pacific chairman in June 2003 and Indofood President Director and CEO in 2004.
Indofood CBP
Became President Director in 2009; the company listed in 2010.
Reappointments
Indofood and ICBP biographies record renewed President Director appointments.
Education and the family-business setting
Anthoni Salim is an Indonesian executive associated with the group founded by his father, Sudono Salim, also known as Liem Sioe Liong. His own career concerns succession and management within that business network, not the founding of every company later associated with the family.
Indofood’s official biography records a Bachelor of Arts from Ewell County Technical College in Surrey, Britain, in 1971. The later food business used a corporate vehicle established as PT Panganjaya Intikusuma in 1990, renamed Indofood in 1994. That company history is distinct from the older family group and its founder.
Succession and the Asian financial crisis
Anthoni entered the family business during the 1970s and assumed greater control during the 1990s. Marleen Dieleman’s interview-based study of the Salim Group describes this succession as part of a wider evolution in how the group operated, rather than a single undifferentiated transfer of all businesses on one date.
The 1997–2000 crisis brought debt restructuring, transfers of assets to the government and disposals of overseas holdings. The study identifies Indofood and First Pacific among the important businesses that remained. This account concerns a difficult group restructuring; it does not justify presenting every disposal as a personal success or treating all group assets as Anthoni’s individual property.
Sources for this section: [6]
Indofood and Indofood CBP: separate listed companies
Anthoni became President Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indofood in 2004, with his latest reappointment recorded in 2024. The company’s earlier development included its 1994 listing, the 1995 Bogasari flour-mill acquisition and the integration of plantation, agribusiness and distribution companies in 1997.
He also became President Director of Indofood CBP, or ICBP, in 2009, with a reappointment recorded in 2024. ICBP listed in 2010; the consumer-products business also expanded into dairy and beverages. These operating developments belong to companies with their own boards and reporting records, rather than businesses each personally founded by the same executive.
First Pacific and cross-company governance
At First Pacific, Anthoni’s directorship began in 1981 and his chairmanship in June 2003. That chairmanship differs from his president-director responsibilities at the Indonesian food companies. The dates trace a long connection with the investment group rather than a new company created when he became chairman.
The Asia Business Council identifies him as President and CEO of the Salim Group and records membership from 2004. Reading that group-level identity alongside the listed companies’ own disclosures gives a clearer picture of his work: influence across related businesses, but different legal entities, governance roles and appointment histories.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions about Anthoni Salim
- Did Anthoni Salim found the Salim Group?
- The group was founded by his father, Sudono Salim, also known as Liem Sioe Liong. Anthoni’s career developed through succession and management.
- Are Indofood and Indofood CBP the same company?
- No. They are connected but separately listed companies. Anthoni’s President Director appointments began in 2004 at Indofood and 2009 at ICBP.
- What is his role at First Pacific?
- He has been chairman since June 2003, after serving as a director from 1981.
- Where did Anthoni study?
- Indofood’s biography records a BA from Ewell County Technical College in Surrey, UK, in 1971.
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Sources and further reading
Explore the evidence
These references support the biography and offer further reading. Official records, first-person accounts and independent reporting provide different perspectives; image records document attribution and licensing.
- 1. Indofood · executive biographyCollege qualification, 2004 appointment and 2024 reappointment
Corporate titles and education are matched to Anthoni rather than his father or other directors. A reporting-date age is not converted into a birthday, and Ewell County Technical College is not called a university.
- 2. Indofood CBP · executive biographySeparate ICBP leadership and reappointment
- 3. First Pacific · management1981 directorship and June 2003 chairmanship
The board chairmanship and former directorship are distinct from the executive positions at Indofood and ICBP. A title does not establish sole personal ownership.
- 4. Indofood · corporate history1994 Indofood and 2010 ICBP listings
- 5. Asia Business Council · membershipGroup-level role and 2004 membership
- 6. Marleen Dieleman · The Rhythm of Strategy, NUS-hosted studyInterview-based succession and crisis restructuring, pages 31–32 and 102–104
The interview-based study supports a 1990s succession and crisis-era restructuring. An exact 1992 handover was not corroborated here and is not invented. Group transactions are not equated with personal proceeds or moral judgments about individual success.
- 7. Wikimedia Commons · Kemenperin8 April 2015 plant-visit photograph and government-work rationale
The original source is an Industry Ministry plant visit, not a corporate publicity portrait. The supplied complete group frame is retained. Commons identifies Anthoni among the participants and applies the jurisdiction-specific PD-IDGov rationale, not CC0.
