Lippo Group
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The Lippo Group is a major Indonesia
Indonesia
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n conglomerate founded by Mochtar Riady
Mochtar Riady
Mochtar Riady is an ethnic Chinese financial magnate in Southeast Asia. He is the founder and CEO of Lippo Group. He is also the chairman of the Asian Bankers Association. Born on 12 May 1929, in Malang, East Java, Mochtar is known to have a cold hand at transforming the fortunes of financial...

. The Lippo Group began with Bank Lippo, later using this as a platform for regional property development projects. These projects, throughout Indonesia and China, are akin to Irvine, California
Irvine, California
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's development. In 2001, the Lippo Group delved into the education market with the newly-minted Putian University (in Putian, Fujian Province, China
China
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) by providing international training (using English) for specially-selected accounting and computer science students.

External links

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb1998/nf80225b.htm
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58333542.html
http://kontan.realviewusa.com/default.aspx?iid=28163&startpage=page0000003
http://www.wisnuwijaya.com/2010/04/carrefour-chairul-legal-cases.html
http://winarta-ip.com/archives/203
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/lippo-vs-astro-to-continue-in-indonesian-courtroom/278583
http://maverickysm.blogspot.com/2008/08/ananda-krishnan-vs-lippo-drags-in.html
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