https://www.scmp.com/rss/521410/feed Brandon Tan Jun Wen is a research officer with the Media, Technology and Society Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Brandon Tan Jun Wen Brandon Tan Jun Wen Since early 2024, users scrolling through their YouTube or TikTok feeds may have encountered Bobby Saputra, a self-proclaimed Chinese-Indonesian billionaire playboy and “professional son”. He claims his father, William Saputra, is the seventh richest man in Asia and owns highly profitable companies like bottled water giant Danone Aqua. Bobby’s content has gone viral repeatedly, amassing over 840 million views on YouTube and over a million followers on both YouTube and TikTok, both of which are... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3315276/bobby-saputra-hero-southeast-asia-needs-viral-parody-privilege-unpacked?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3315276/bobby-saputra-hero-southeast-asia-needs-viral-parody-privilege-unpacked?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Jun 2025 02:00:12 +0000