According to Forbes’ 2025 list of the 50 richest self-made women on this planet, women billionaires currently have a combined net price of $276 billion. While this number is about $10 billion below the 2021 peak, it stays well above the $118 billion recorded in 2017.
In this global landscape, the list included two names from Southeast Asia and each from Indonesia, highlighting the region’s growing presence on the worldwide business map.
Globally, the leading figure is taken by Rafaela Aponte-Diamant from Switzerland, whose fortune is $38.8 billion. And in Southeast Asia, the highlight is on two Indonesian entrepreneurs, Marina Budiman and Dewi Kam, each price $4.8 billion and rating sixteenth on this planet, the very best positions held by women from the region.
Marina Budiman: the richest woman within the technology industry in Indonesia
Marina Budiman, 63, is price $4.8 billion, making her the ninth richest person in Indonesia. Her wealth comes mainly from PT DCI Indonesia Tbk (DCII), an information center company that she founded on July 18, 2011, with Otto Sugiri and Han Arming Hanafia.
DCII has emerged as the primary Tier IV data center operator in Southeast Asia. Budiman has served as President Commissioner since 2016 and, as of April 2021, held 26.27 percent. shares of the corporate, making it the second largest shareholder.
A 1985 graduate of economics and finance from the University of Toronto, Budiman began her profession at PT Bank Bali before moving into technology at PT Sigma Cipta Caraka. In 1994, she also co-founded Indonet, the primary Internet service provider in Indonesia.
In March 2025, DCII shares fell amid the worst market turmoil in Indonesia in a decade. According to Bloomberg, Budiman lost an estimated Rp 57 trillion (about $3.6 billion) in only three days, a results of each domestic and global aspects. Despite this setback, she stays the richest woman in Indonesia.
Billion dollar Dewi Kama stake
Dewi Kam, 74, also has a net price of $4.8 billion. It owns a ten percent minority stake in PT Bayan Resources Tbk, one in every of Indonesia’s major coal producers.
Outside of mining, Kam is involved in power generation projects through PT Sumber Energi Sakti Prima (SSP), including the Cilacap and Jeneponto coal-fired power plants, each classified as strategic energy infrastructure.
In 2006, she also handled a US$687 million coal-based chemical plant project in South Sulawesi as a part of the Indonesia-China energy cooperation initiative.
Records from Indonesia Corruption Watch list her name within the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ) foreign leak database, citing ties to offshore entities registered within the British Virgin Islands and Samoa, including Savill Universal Ltd and Overseas Finance Ltd.
