Rise of Indonesian ‘super-rich’
Indonesia is expected to have 100,000 millionaires by 2015 as boom times bring increasing prosperity.
Published On 9 Oct 2011
The World Bank predicts that despite a worldwide economic downturn, Indonesia’s growth will continue.
The rising price of Indonesia’s natural resources is helping to create a fast-growing middle class, and a group of super-rich citizens.
By 2015, it is estimated that Indonesia will have over 100,000 millionaires, despite half of the population still living on $2 a day.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta.
Source: Al Jazeera