if Om Liem had ups and downs before reaching success.Om Liem was born in mainland China, a small village in Fuqing in Fujian region, southern China, on July 16, 1916. Born with the name of Lim Sioe Liong, he first set foot in Indonesia several start of World War II in 1939. Om small Liem was the second child of a peasant, with a very short life, even so poor at age 15 he had dropped out of school and selling noodles around the region.The story is told in the book 'How Chinese are Entrepreneurial Strategies of Ethnic Chinese Business Groups in Southeast Asia? A multifaceted Analysis of the Salim Group of Indonesia 'essay Marleen Dieleman 2007. This book takes the data from multiple sources, one of which is the annual report of the company's official Salim Group.Underlying poverty that he moved to Indonesia, following his brother yangb to live in Indonesia. The first time was in Indonesia, Om Liem pioneering effort by becoming a supplier for some employers clove cigarette which is Holy and Semarang, Central Java. No wonder business cloves into one business that supports his business empire in the future, in addition to textile business course.In the Soeharto era, he sempay founded several banks, such as Bank Windu Kencana and Bank Central Asia. He also shared three business colleagues Soedono Salim, Djuhar Sutanto, Sudwikatmono and Ibrahim Risjad (later known as The Gangs of Four) built a flour company that is the largest in Indonesia, PT Bogasari. The company also managed to monopolize the market in Indonesia by supplying flour 2/3 of all the needs of national wheatOm Liem Life was like a spinning wheel, when the monetary crisis hit Indonesia in 1997, his business was shaky ship. Some stocks such as business unit PT Indocement Tunggal Perkasa, PT BCA and PT Indomobil Sukses International should be released to cover the debts of the company called to reach 52 trillion rupiah.Although the time shaky, Om Liem successfully revive efforts in his hand. One is through Tbk PT Indofood Indomie that produce products known to the entire world. The result in 2006, his name again ranked number 10 richest people in Indonesia according to Forbes magazine. His net worth was estimated at U.S. $ 800 million.In the reform era, Om Liem whose homes are located on Gunung Sahari, Central Jakarta had become the victim of vandalism and looting in the riots that hit Jakarta in 1998, began to turn the management of the business to anakanya Anthony Salim. Then from then moved to Singapore, until death to pick him up, on Sunday (10/06/2012).Biography Sudono Salim, Salim Group founder could not be separated from the story of entrepreneurial success as boss BCA, Indofood, Indomobil, Indocement, Indosiar and retailers Indomaret. Name Liem Sioe Liong conglomerate known as it deserves to be remembered as an inspiration. What kind of success story?Born in Fuqing, Fujian, South China, July 16, 1916, Salim left the country and anchored in Medan, North Sumatra, in 1936. He joined his brother, Liem Sioe Hie, and brother-in-law, Zheng Xusheng.She started as a distributor of clove with gamble where the business continues to grow rapidly from the demand for the production of clove cigarettes.Good relations with the Indonesian military (TNI) when DI leaders going to help supply the drug during the war of independence of 1945. He was close to Suharto, it was still the regular army, who later became president of RI for 32 years. Since then he was known to be close to the Suharto's New Order.In 1952, Salim expand trade cooperation with Chinese businessmen in Singapore and Hong Kong. Soap factory became one of the main suppliers for the military.In 1968, he earned the right to import clove monopoly. A joint venture with businessman Hokchia, China, making it the largest flour producer in Indonesia. Both these companies are giving capital to set up a cement company Indocement in 1973.It was only in 1990, food companies are now one giant country is founded, namely Indofood. Do not stop there, he also penetrated the banking system, which eventually form the largest private bank in Indonesia, Bank Central Asia (BCA).Taipan which is also often called as Om Liem was handed the reins of leadership conglomerate Salim Group management to his son Anthony and Harlim Exstrada in 1992.