Erick Thohir
Erick Thohir | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| 8th Minister of State Owned Enterprises | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
| President | Joko Widodo Prabowo Subianto |
| Preceded by | Rini Soemarno |
| Chair of the Football Association of Indonesia | |
| Assumed office 16 February 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mochamad Iriawan |
| Chair of the Basketball Association of Indonesia | |
| In office 2004–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sutiyoso |
| Succeeded by | Noviantika Nasution |
| Chairman of Inter Milan | |
| In office 2013–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Massimo Moratti |
| Succeeded by | Steven Zhang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1970 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Tjandra (m. 1998) |
| Alma mater | Glendale Community College (BA) National University, California (MBA) |
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Erick Thohir (born 30 May 1970) is an Indonesian businessman and politician who served as Minister of State Owned Enterprises since 2019. He has been the chairman of Football Association of Indonesia since 2023 and founder of Mahaka Group, a conglomeration that focuses on media, sports and entertainment. The former owner and chairman of Italian football giant Inter Milan and US soccer club D.C. United, Thohir is currently co-owner alongside Anindya Bakrie of the English Championship team Oxford United, and the Indonesian Liga 1 team Persis Solo alongside Kaesang Pangarep, youngest son of the former President Joko Widodo. He was also the president director of ANTV television station and the chief of the Indonesian Olympic Committee. In 2019, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Thohir is also currently a member of the FIBA Central Board.