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Jumat, 24 April 2015
Eka Tjipta Widjaja
Eka Tjipta
Widjaja is one of Indonesian successful entrepreneurs. He is the 3rd richest
man in Indonesia with total assets ± 8 billion US dollars. But who would have
thought, he just graduated from elementary school.
Here's his story.
Here's his story.
Eka was born in China on October 3, 1923. He was a son of a poor family. He
moved to Makassar in 1932 with his mother when he was 9 years old. Arrived in
Makassar, He helped his father -who had already arrived- which has a
small shop there. Eka has working in his father's store in order to get 150
dollars to pay off the debt to the moneylenders. After two years, the debt was
paid off. When the debt was paid off Eka also asked to be sent to elementary
school. Graduated from elementary school, he didn’t continue his
education due to economic problems. Then he began selling candy, biscuits, and
other items from his father's store around Makassar by bike.
Slowly but surely, he started his first business. From selling used bike, he
had bought a pedicab to help his business. But when his business started
to grew, the Japanese came to Indonesia, including Makassar. So that his
efforts were completely destroyed immediately. Eka was unemployed. Nothing
merchandise that could be sold. Total profit which he collected over several
years, fully spent for daily needs.
In 1980, Eka decided to continue his business and became an entrepreneur. He established CV Sinar Mas that have exported agricultural products and
imported textile. Then, he bought oil palm plantations area about ten
thousand hectares in Riau and a factory with capacity of 60 thousand tons of
palm oil. Because the business grew rapidly, in 1981 he decided to buy 1000
hectares of tea plantations area and a factory with a capacity of 20 thousand
tons of tea. After established oil palm and tea factory, Eka started his business
in banking sector. He bought Bank International Indonesia with assets of
about 13 billion rupiah. Under his leadership, the bank grew very fast . Eka
successfully managed the bank that originally only had two branches into a bank
with assets of 9.2 trillion rupiah and has forty branches.
In 2006, Eka also established Eka Tjipta Foundation (ETF), a nonprofit organization with the motto "good deeds create good seeds", the organization focuses on the social and cultural, empowerment and development, local economy, and environmental conservation. This organization has a variety of programs, such as ETF Narrative, Mediation Training and Scholarship.
Now, after his companies is
managed by his son, Eka more spent his days doing social activities, meet with
old friends and occasionally go to Singapore for treatment. The only position
he still hold is the Chairman of Eka Tjipta Foundation (ETF).
It has been more than 50 years in business, Eka admitted that his success
can't be separated from the support of his family. Now he can reap what he
earned in his life. Business experience proves that hard work will never
betray us.
Hello Liza ,I give you comment/feedback about your work.
BalasHapusI think, you should add ","
But, when his business started to grew.
Now, he can reap what he earned in his life.
Because, the business grew rapidly
I'm sorry, if my feedback not true.
Hello Liza ,I give you comment/feedback about your work.
BalasHapusI think, you should add ","
But, when his business started to grew.
Now, he can reap what he earned in his life.
Because, the business grew rapidly
I'm sorry, if my feedback not true.
Thaks for your feedback ul :)
Hapussugeng sonten liza...
BalasHapusizinkan saya memberikan feedback.hehe
yang pertama di kalimat "which has a small shop there... saya rasa has di ganti dengan had karena itukan masa lampau
yang kedua "Eka has working in his father.... itu juga diganti had (menurut saya)
maaf ya kalau mungkin feedback saya masih salah