Category: Biog

From nursing to nurturing: A daughter carries a legacy and takes charge

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Second-generation oil palm smallholders, especially women, are playing an increasingly important role in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future for the palm oil industry. This progress is closely linked to improved access to knowledge, structured support systems and growing recognition of women’s contributions within the sector. One example is Mey Christine, a 30-year-old plasma Read more about From nursing to nurturing: A daughter carries a legacy and takes charge[…]

Building Bonds, Breaking Fast: Sukanto Tanoto’s APRIL Breaks Fast with Journalists

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Sukanto Tanoto has always focused on building good relationships with the various groups of communities that he works with. The veteran entrepreneur is the chairman of RGE, a global resources giant that manages several of the biggest names in the natural resources industry – including APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas. Underlying his success, Read more about Building Bonds, Breaking Fast: Sukanto Tanoto’s APRIL Breaks Fast with Journalists[…]

Doing More, Doing Better: Under Sukanto Tanoto, RGE unveils 5th C

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Sukanto Tanoto has, in 50 years, built for himself a reputation for being utterly committed to community-centred growth. The billionaire is the founder of RGE, which manages companies such as APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas, has long espoused his principle of the 4Cs and made it the guiding compass for all his companies. Read more about Doing More, Doing Better: Under Sukanto Tanoto, RGE unveils 5th C[…]

Building a Legacy: Sukanto Tanoto featured in CNBC’s Lasting Legacy

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Sukanto Tanoto is one of Indonesia’s most successful businessmen. The billionaire entrepreneur is chairman and founder of global resource giant RGE, which owns companies such as APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas. With his companies collectively employing 60,000 people and owning assets worth over USD18 billion, Sukanto Tanoto is undoubtedly one of the industry’s biggest Read more about Building a Legacy: Sukanto Tanoto featured in CNBC’s Lasting Legacy[…]

Shooting for the Stars: Sukanto Tanoto’s APRIL Honoured by Forbes Indonesia.

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Indonesia’s presence on the international stage is growing faster than ever. In an increasingly entrepreneurial Indonesia brimming with talent, businesses are thriving and hungry for more. Sukanto Tanoto is a prime example of this, a trailblazer who preceded today’s positivity exactly 50 years ago. The billionaire entrepreneur is Founder and Chairman of RGE, the management Read more about Shooting for the Stars: Sukanto Tanoto’s APRIL Honoured by Forbes Indonesia.[…]

Starting Early, Starting Strong: Sukanto Tanoto Champions Early Education Through Tanoto Foundation

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People rarely associate think of Sukanto Tanoto as someone with many regrets in life. After all, he is one of Indonesia’s most successful businessmen, the Founder and Chairman of RGE. With big resource-based companies such as APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas under his charge, his companies collectively employ 60,000 people and own USD$18 Read more about Starting Early, Starting Strong: Sukanto Tanoto Champions Early Education Through Tanoto Foundation[…]

A Winning Formula: Sukanto Tanoto’s Asian Agri Keeps Prices Low for Indonesia

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Sukanto Tanoto is a man of principles, generosity, and drive. In 50 years, the Indonesian entrepreneur has built an empire, comprising of 60,000 employees, worth over 18 billion dollars. Sukanto Tanoto helms the global resource giant that is RGE, which itself manages big names like APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas. Impressively Sukanto Tanoto Read more about A Winning Formula: Sukanto Tanoto’s Asian Agri Keeps Prices Low for Indonesia[…]

Good for Country, Good for Company: Sukanto Tanoto’s Asian Agri Recognised for Keeping Prices Low

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Sukanto Tanoto’s journey to success is one of Indonesia’s most captivating entrepreneurial stories. Taking over the family business as a seventeen year-old, he cut his business teeth in Medan before expanding. He eventually conquered the palm oil and pulp and paper industries in Indonesia, becoming one of the country’s biggest businessmen. Today, the 68 year-old Read more about Good for Country, Good for Company: Sukanto Tanoto’s Asian Agri Recognised for Keeping Prices Low[…]

A Pepper Tomorrow: Under Sukanto Tanoto, Siak Becomes the Capital of Pepper

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Sukanto Tanoto is a businessman with a heart for the community. The chairman of RGE – which manages resource-based companies such as APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas – has spent a lifetime building his empire with the 4Cs philosophy: creating good for the Community, Country, Climate, and Company. It’s not just a philosophy he pays lip Read more about A Pepper Tomorrow: Under Sukanto Tanoto, Siak Becomes the Capital of Pepper[…]

APRIL on Standby for May to September’s Dry Season: Under Sukanto Tanoto, APRIL Ready to Fight Forest Fires

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Indonesia’s weather is generally split into two seasons, the wet and dry spell. The dry spell, usually occurring between May and September, has historically been a bane for both farmers and pulp-and-paper companies like Sukanto Tanoto’s APRIL. The dry weather, coming in tandem with droughts in the region, often leads to an increased vulnerability for Read more about APRIL on Standby for May to September’s Dry Season: Under Sukanto Tanoto, APRIL Ready to Fight Forest Fires[…]

Building Tomorrow’s Success, Today: Sukanto Tanoto’s Teacher-Scholars Graduate.

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Rome wasn’t built in a day – it is an adage as old as time, and one that Sukanto Tanoto will surely attest to. The chairman of RGE, which manages successful companies such as APRIL, Sateri, Pacific Oil and Gas – all of which he founded – has an empire that while admired, hasn’t come easy. Clearing Read more about Building Tomorrow’s Success, Today: Sukanto Tanoto’s Teacher-Scholars Graduate.[…]

Batik Instinct: Sukanto Tanoto-led APRIL Praised by Wife of Police Chief for Community-Based Batik Programme

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Batik has been a mainstay of Indonesia’s rich history and culture; its intricate details and often-imaginative motifs have been hugely popular with locals and tourists alike. In a recent visit to the Rumah Batik Andalan, a community-based Batik production house, the wife of the chief of Bhayangkari District Police, Riau praised the good work being Read more about Batik Instinct: Sukanto Tanoto-led APRIL Praised by Wife of Police Chief for Community-Based Batik Programme[…]

Welcome to the Jungle: Under Sukanto Tanoto’s Guidance, APRIL Set to Boost Tourism in Indonesia

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RGE founder Sukanto Tanoto has always managed his hugely successful resource empire according to the 4Cs philosophy: To create good for the Community, Climate, Country, and the Company. This quadruple bottomline has served as a useful guide for RGE and its business groups –including companies such as APRIL, Sateri, and Pacific Oil and Gas – in coming up with Read more about Welcome to the Jungle: Under Sukanto Tanoto’s Guidance, APRIL Set to Boost Tourism in Indonesia[…]