People can rarely know the figure Happy Hapsoros. While he is not well known to the public, he is quite well known in the Indonesian capital market world.
So who is Happy Hapsoro?
The owner of the name Hapsoro Sukmonohadi is the husband of the Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament Puan Maharani. The two got married in 1998, which is reportedly after a month before the reform period. Hence, they were blessed with two sons namely Fiqh Eria Sandi and Praba Diwangkara Caraka Putra Soma.
Hapsoro himself is the son of a great businessman i.e. Bambang Sukmonohadi. His father is an entrepreneur in real estate and shipping services. Indeed, there is not much information about Happy Hapsoro in the media.
However, the father of two is no ordinary person among capital market players. He has frequently listed the issuer’s shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).
Like this time, rumors about Happy Hapsoros circulating among capital market participants sent a company’s shares soaring. This was encouraged because there was gossip in the capital market that Happy Hapsoro would buy shares in another major company.
It is reported that Puan Maharani’s husband will buy shares of PT Chemstar Indonesia Tbk (CHEM). The rumors also drove CHEM’s shares higher this month.
When retired since early December 2022, CHEM’s shares are up 117%. To be precise, from the position on December 1 at the level of Rp.101 to the position on December 15 at the level of Rp.220.
According to CNBC IndonesiaMonday (19/12/2022) Basis Investment was reported to be interested in Chem due to the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) good governance.
The happy footsteps of Hapsoro
Apart from these rumors, Happy Hapsoro has quite a bit of capital market activity. Through his company, namely PT Basis Utama Prima (Basis Investment), he has made numerous acquisitions.
The company is a business that focuses on investment business. Also, Happy Hapsoro has a company engaged in natural gas business namely PT Rukun Raharja Tbk (RAJA).
Through Basis Investment, the acquisition of large issuers has been carried out by Happy Hapsoros. As is known, he is the majority owner of the shares of the real estate issuer, i.e. PT Sanurhasta Mitra (MINA).