DBasia.news – Who will be the new investor of Laskar Wong Kito is slowly revealed. Previously, there were some names like Erick Tohir and Yusuf Mansyur. However, both names didn’t match the keyword from PT Sriwijaya Optimis Mandiri commissioner, Muddai Madang.
Recently, it’s known that the investor is in Palembang. Moreover, the investor visited Sriwijaya FC secretariat on Friday (14/9) morning.
Previously, Muddai just said the businessman who will be the investor of Sriwijaya FC is a Javanese businessman. He has been communicating to be the investor of Laskar Wong Kito.
“We will announce him on Saturday,” he said.
Another source mentioned the investor identity is similar to Indonesian football player. Also, he lived abroad for a long time.
“So, he lived abroad. His name is similar to a football player and government people. He wants to be the investor of SFC,” he said.
In accordance with that, after the investigation with additional information, the Sriwijaya FC investor relates to the commissioner president of Pakuwon Group, Alexander Tedja. He owns Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya. The legendary and biggest mall in Surabaya and South East Asia, established by Alexander Tedja in 1986.
Besides the property and mall owner in Surabaya, Alexander also built Menara Mandiri in 1991, Pakuwon City in 1994, and Sheraton Surabaya Hotel and Tower in 1996. Moreover, the 1st until 4th Tunjungan Plaza is the first biggest shopping superblock in Indonesia. In his era, Tunjungan Plaza was the biggest department store in South East Asia.