In late 2014, the newest Tanoto Scholar Association Leadership Workshop welcomed participants to Bogor in West Java, Indonesia, for a learning and personal development series that was anything but routine…. Read more >
Asih Ifah, a Tanoto Scholarship recipient from Hasanuddin University’s agricultural studies program, recently published an essay in which she reflected on the qualities that distinguish an exceptional leader. She discussed… Read more >
Like Sukanto Tanoto, head of the $15 billion RGE Group, Anthony Salim is ranked on Forbes magazine’s list of the 10 wealthiest men in Indonesia. While Mr. Tanoto built up… Read more >
Sukanto Tanoto, ranked by Forbes magazine as one of Indonesia’s 10 richest men, heads both the RGE Group of companies and the wide-ranging Tanoto Foundation, which directs funding to education,… Read more >
Sri Prakash Lohia, like Sukanto Tanoto, is listed by Forbes magazine among the wealthiest men in Indonesia. The similarities do not stop there. Both men are also well known for… Read more >
As of December 2014, Forbes magazine ranked Sukanto Tanoto and Susilo Wonowidjojo among Indonesia’s ten richest men. The founder and CEO of the $15 billion RGE Group, Mr. Tanoto is… Read more >
Poverty in Indonesia has decreased significantly over the past few decades, from 24 percent of the population in 1999, to 17 percent in 2004, to 12 percent in 2012. Yet,… Read more >
Irwan Hidayat recently spoke to a group of Indonesian young would-be entrepreneurs in an installment of the Tanoto Entrepreneurship Series. The series, founded by RGE Group CEO Sukanto Tanoto, invites… Read more >
In October 2014, Indonesian President Joko Widodo appointed the first-ever high school dropout to his country’s cabinet. At the time of her appointment, Susi Pudjiastuti, the new Minister of Marine… Read more >
Across the developing world, new initiatives are working to encourage and sustain entrepreneurism, to the benefit of both individual entrepreneurs and entire societies. In Indonesia, self-made businessman and philanthropist Sukanto… Read more >