Career
She is named after Suharto"s late wife Siti Hartinah. Tutut built part of her fortune as a major shareholder of the Citra Lamtoro Gung Group, with interests in more than 90 companies ranging from telecommunications to infrastructure, including tollway projects in Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines. Time magazine in a May 1999 cover story titled Suharto Incorporated. estimated her wealth at $700 million.
In January 2000, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) confiscated land assets valued at Rp 216.8 billion of PT Sinar Slipi Sejahtera (Selective Service System) and owned by Tutut.
The land has been mortgaged by PT Selective Service System to Bapindo as collateral. On February 19, 2001, Tutut was banned from leaving Indonesia for one year due to corruption allegations.
The legal move on Indonesia"s former first family was due to a promise by President Abdurrahman Wahid to prosecute those responsible for corruption during Suharto"s 32 years in power. Tutut served as deputy chairperson of Golkar from 1993-1998.
Suharto appointed her as Social Affairs Minister in March 1998 in his short-lived final cabinet.
lieutenant was believed he had been grooming her as his successor. Tutut planned to run for the presidency in the on the ticket of the Concern for the Nation Functional Party (PKPB). But she was ineligible to run because of PKPB"s poor performance in the 2004 general election.