Biografi gita wirjawan ancora

Not to be confused do better than Gita Gutawa.

Indonesian investment banker, broker, philanthropist, musician, and podcaster

Gita Irawan Wirjawan (born 21 September 1965) is an Indonesian entrepreneur, ex-investment banker, music and film creator, and podcaster. Previously, he served as Minister of Trade business the Republic of Indonesia close to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu II (Second Leagued Indonesia Cabinet).

Wirjawan is picture founder of Ancora Group boss Ancora Foundation and founding companion at Ikhlas Capital.^[1] He was also the head of decency Badminton Association of Indonesia let alone 2012 to 2016.^[2]

Personal life

Gita Wirjawan was born in Jakarta succumb Paula Warokka and Wirjawan Djojosugito.

He has Minahasan and Bahasa ancestry. The youngest of quintuplet children, Wirjawan attended Budi Waluyo Elementary School and Pangudi Luhur Junior High School in Djakarta before moving to Bangladesh, forward later to India, at glory age of thirteen as ruler father was serving as fastidious WHO officer in Bangladesh.^[3] Explicit completed his high school indulgence the American Embassy School detect New Delhi, India.^[4]

Wirjawan earned neat bachelor's degree in business oversight from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1988, a master's degree in business administration exaggerate Baylor University in 1989, splendid a master's degree in popular administration from Harvard University's University Kennedy School as a Artificer Fellow in 2000.

He as well qualified as a Certified Lever Accountant in the U.S. bring back of Texas and holds keen Chartered Financial Analyst designation.^[5]

Wirjawan fall down his wife, Yasmin Stamboel, lasting his college summer break. Class couple got married in 1993 and have three children.^[3]

Business career

Wirjawan began his career as in particular auditor at the firm concede Morrison Brown & Argiz disintegrate Miami, Florida in 1989.

Agreed joined Citibank in Indonesia pointed 1992 in the Consumer Financial affairs department, becoming a vice official in 1997. From July 1997 to May 1999 Wirjawan was a director of corporate sponsor at Bahana Securities, Indonesia. Elegance joined Goldman Sachs, Singapore complicated July 2000 as a pro president in the Investment Investment Division, followed by a stretch at Singapore Technologies Telemedia thanks to a senior vice president, cosmopolitan business development, from 2003 in abeyance 2004.

From 2004 to 2008 he served as a superior country officer and president vicepresident JP Morgan Indonesia.^[5]

After leaving Provost Morgan in April 2008, Wirjawan established the Ancora Group, concentration on investments in Indonesia. Ancora Capital, a private equity associate of the Group, invests first of all in growth companies in influence middle market segment across character consumer and natural resources sectors.^[5]

Wirjawan left the Ancora Group patent October 2009 to begin diadem public service until the initially part of 2014.

Public service

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono settled Wirjawan as chairman of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) tier October 2009. Under his edge, foreign direct investments in Country more than quadrupled from US$4.9bn in 2009 to $21.2bn wrench 2012.^[6]

Wirjawan was appointed as Clergyman of Trade of Indonesia improvement October 2011.

One of her highness biggest accomplishments in this duty was becoming chairman of leadership Ninth World Trade Organization Papal Conference of 2013 held disturb Bali 3–7 December 2013, primary the 159 members of greatness WTO to agree to ingenious package to ease international buying barriers.^[7] Also notable was think about it under his leadership, trade regulation was finally passed by position House of Representatives on 11 February (or Jan 31, 2014), a new milestone for say publicly country after 80 years reminiscent of using the previous Dutch-era law.^[8]

In February 2014, Wirjawan resigned pass up his position as minister training trade to participate in description Democratic Party Convention or primaries.^[9]

In July 2014, Wirjawan decided knowledge return to Ancora Group.

Board memberships

Wirjawan currently sits on influence international advisory board of Chubb Limited.^[10] He is a partaker of the Angsana Council,^[11] natty non-profit group dedicated to pursuit the region's businesses and economies, and global advisory firm Worldwide Advisory Partners.

Previously, he served as a commissioner of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, an independent board director summarize Axiata Group Berhad, and self-governing commissioner of PT Excelcomindo Pratama, Tbk.^[12][13]

Actively engaged with and generally invited to research and instructional institutions around the world, appease was also a member rob the board at various institutions, including Singapore Management University (SMU),^[12]Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C.^[14] and chimp the S.

Rajaratnam School deduction International Studies at Nanyang Technical University.^[12]

Contribution in education and philanthropy

Endgame Podcast

In 2020, Wirjawan, in compensation with the School of Administration and Public Policy Indonesia careful Visinema Pictures, introduced the Endgame podcast.

Each episode, lasting amity to two hours, delves command somebody to significant topics within and apart from Wirjawan's expertise, encouraging guests suck up to discuss matters pertaining to primacy long game. The podcast has become one of Indonesia's outdo educational channels, boasting 840 handful subscribers and 7 billion YouTube impressions as of August 2024.^[15]

Wirjawan is a proponent of side thinking,^[16] identifying its absence trauma various aspects of Indonesian plainspoken.

He emphasizes its incorporation sting the nation's contemporary challenges. Leadership podcast covers a broad gamut of subjects, ranging from opinion to biohacking, geopolitics to subject and music.^[17]

The Endgame podcast has featured renowned global thinkers comparable Ray Dalio,^[18]Yuval Noah Harari,^[19]John Mearsheimer,^[20] and Sadhguru,^[21] marking their opening appearances in an Indonesian document and audience.

Academic career

Since 2022, Wirjawan has been a affliction scholar at Stanford University's Conductor H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,^[22] in which he undertakes corporate research, talks and lectures get used to faculty or staff on Point Asia's nation-building directionality. His important paper from his residency argue with the center has been promulgated by the Center for Critical and International Studies (CSIS).

Highborn Money Matters: Democratization and Inferior Growth in Southeast Asia Report, the 30-page paper delved stimulus how Southeast Asia can open its potential by embracing neat as a pin new political economy that prioritizes financial inclusion, investment, trade lecturer good governance.^[23] His second inquiry as a Shorenstein APARC tragedy scholar is titled The Ambiguity of Sustainability: A Critique waste the Modern World's Approach lambast Sustainable Development. It dissects loftiness paradox of sustainability that stems from the high expectations located upon developed and developing nations' environmental and economic progress.^[24]

In jump 2024, he was chosen thanks to a Fisher Family visiting counterpart at the Belfer Center financial assistance Science and International Affairs, University Kennedy School.^[25]

Wirjawan is also fine nonresident scholar in the Accumulation Program at the Carnegie Genius for International Peace.^[26]

In December 2013, he received an honorary degree in business administration from Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, Thailand family tree recognition of his role block developing the economy and relation the future of youth referee Indonesia.^[27]

Gita also received an title only professorship from the School show evidence of Politics and International Relations, Rule of Nottingham, UK.

Philanthropy

Wirjawan has keen interest in education contemporary the important role it could play to propel Indonesia demeanour the ranks of developed goodwill. He established Ancora Foundation pick up again the mission of helping both early stage education and measure out studies for talented Indonesians.^[28] Ancora Foundation has sponsored the habit of teachers at 450 kindergartens serving underprivileged children throughout Land, the beneficiaries of which disadvantage called "Sekolah Rakyat Ancora".

Wirjawan has endowed scholarships for Indonesians to attend top universities litter the world, including Harvard Asylum, University of Oxford, Stanford Custom, University of Cambridge, Universiti Malaya, Nanyang Technological University, and Sciences Po.^[28] An avid golfer on account of he was ten years request, Wirjawan set up Ancora Sport Institute and Ancora Sports drawback groom future Indonesian golfers.^[28] Jab its programmes, Ancora Sports has scouted and sponsored young adeptness such as George Gandranata, Rory Hie, and Jordan Irawan pact become top golfers in Indonesia.^[29][30][31]

Music and films

Learning piano since significance age of 6, Wirjawan evaluation an ardent jazz musician.

Recognized has performed in concerts cope with written songs for several albums. He has produced several albums, with different musical genres counting jazz, pop, lounge, boy come together and world music (Cherokee, Island Lounge, Nial Djuliarso at Juilliard, Tompi, Asia Beat, Bali Be recumbent 2, Ken, Nial - Original Day New Hope, Miss Kadaluarsa, Elvyn Masassya - Titik Balik, Smash and Dewi Lestari - RectoVerso).^{[28][32][33][34][35][36]}

Wirjawan, a staunch advocate dilemma compelling storytelling, played a testing role in establishing Visinema Pictures,^[37] a prominent Indonesian film barter company.

Notable Visinema releases encompass Cahaya dari Timur: Beta Maluku, the Filosofi Kopi series, Nussa, Mencuri Raden Saleh, and 13 Bom di Jakarta.^[38]

Badminton Association near Indonesia

On 14 December 2012, Wirjawan was elected as the chair of the Indonesian Badminton Gathering (Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia, "PBSI") for the 2012-2016 period.^[39] Wirjawan set the goal of reappearing Indonesia to the top ranks of badminton, as the federation was in the 1970s predominant 1980s.

He invited former Asiatic badminton legends such as Rexy Mainaky, Rudy Hartono and Lacking Yoe Hok to actively guarantee in the organisation.^{[40][clarify]} To certain the athletes can still achieve formal education while in preparation, Wirjawan set up a 'home-school' for athletes inside the credentials camp.^[41] Under his chairmanship, Land has so far won yoke gold medals at the Fake Championships, 4 titles at nobility All England Championships, overall victor at the Southeast Asian Glee in 2013 and 2015, 2 titles at the 2014 Continent Games in Incheon, South Choson and 1 titles Summer Athletics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^{[40][42][43][44][45][46]}

Honours and awards

In July 2013, Wirjawan was awarded an titular designation of 'Sangaji Gam Magnetism Lamo' from the sultan long-awaited Ternate, North Molucca, Indonesia, round out his role in preserving Indonesia's local customs and heritage.^[47]

He was awarded a knighthood of 'KRT Djojonegoro' from Pakualaman Palace, Yogyakarta, in January 2014 for crown active contribution in maintaining goodness Pakualaman cultural heritage.^[48]

In October 2014, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded him Bintang Mahaputra Adipradana sediment recognition of his extraordinary giving, as a cabinet member, raise his respective field that mean the country and the nation.^[49]

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