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Hendra Kwik and the bank around the corner
Growing up in Jambi, Hendra Kwik saw how a small shop could work hard for years and barely grow. At Fazz, he has spent a decade trying to bring financial services closer to the people who need them - first through neighborhood stores, now through payment infrastructure that crosses borders.
Adilla Diningsih and the art of giving someone a bigger job
Before she became Ruangguru’s Chief Business Officer, Adilla Diningsih taught mathematics and physics. Her career has kept returning to a practical question: what helps another person take the next step?
William Utomo and the business of belonging
A call from his brother brought William Utomo back to Indonesia. Twelve years later, the IDN co-founder is still working on the same question: what does a younger generation need next?
Achmad Alkatiri and the country on the label
From Ambon to the marketing desks of Shopee and Lazada, Achmad Alkatiri kept returning to one question: why should Indonesia make the goods but leave the brands to somebody else? At Hypefast, he is trying to change the label.
Edward Tirtanata and the price of an everyday pleasure
A small Jakarta coffee shop gave Edward Tirtanata a way to test a large idea: a good cup should be affordable enough to buy again tomorrow. Nine years later, the co-founder of Kopi Kenangan is still learning what to keep, what to change, and when to buy more.
Larry Ridwan Put Indonesia's Cold Chain on an Eight-Kilometer Grid
A banker-turned-telecom executive tried selling fish online, met the limits of motorcycle delivery, and drew a new map for Indonesia's cold chain - one hyperlocal fulfillment center at a time.
Garrison John
Garrison John is a chief executive associated with RateS, the Indonesia-focused social commerce platform that turns housewives, students, and small-town hustlers into online resellers. The company began life in Singapore in 2017 as the e-commerce payments startup RateX before pivoting into social commerce across Indonesia's tier-2 and tier-3 cities. Listed on LinkedIn with a Harvard education and based in the New York City metropolitan area, John sits at the intersection of Wall Street financing logic and warung-level commerce, where the whole game is shaving inefficiency out of sourcing, supply chain, inventory, and working capital for half a million resellers.
Muchammad Rifky
Muchammad Rifky is the Chief Executive Officer for Indonesia at Automation Anywhere, one of the world's leading enterprise automation and AI software companies headquartered in San Jose, California. Leading Indonesia operations for a company with over $1 billion in total funding and nearly 1,900 employees globally, Rifky bridges the gap between Automation Anywhere's cutting-edge AI-driven robotic process automation platform and one of Southeast Asia's largest and fastest-growing markets. His career path - from hospitality sales at Jakarta's top hotels to leading country operations for a Silicon Valley-backed unicorn - reflects the kind of cross-domain journey that defines modern tech adoption in emerging markets.