Chairul Tanjung Business Success in The Crisis

Lately, Chairul Tanjung was the employers whose names figure most mentioned when talking about a new map of national big business. He is best known as the rising star. Employers Group is the owner of the successful conduct of business in a spectacular leap just when the economy was hit by the storm crisis.

Big jump started when she decided to take over ownership of the Bank in 1996 and Mega. Thanks to the cold hand, small banks are ailing previously managed by the group's Bappindo then transformed into a large and respected bank. This bank eventually became an important pillar in supporting the building of the Group. Two other pillars are Trans TV and Bandung Supermall.

As a figure of a successful entrepreneur who is now rare, Chairul among his close friends is often dubbed as The Last of the Mohicans. This term refers to a famous movie title Hollywood production a few years ago that tells the story of the white conquest of the Indians in the United States there. In the end, nations that had previously been the original landowners and the region's rulers and increasingly marginalized and become rare figure. His name smells just as a joke so as to keep or not important.

What is clear is not classified as entrepreneurs Chairul "surprise" success thanks to ingenuity to build closeness with the authorities. Initiate business pursuits while studying at Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia, ten years later he has had a business group called The Group. This business group began construction of capital obtained from the Exim Bank of Rp 150 million. Together with three other colleagues, he founded a shoe factory that children of all exported products. "With the credit stock I bought 20 Butterfly brand sewing machine," he said one day to the Executive.

Now entrepreneur born June 16, 1962 was a successful figure very busy. When the Executive requested the opportunity for a special interview, he admitted the hassle to choose the right time. Understandably, other than busy with business, he also has a myriad of community activities. Before was elected general chairman of PB PBSI some time ago, Chairul has been active in various social organizations such as PMI, Indonesian Humanitarian Committee, member of Board of Trustees of Universitas Indonesia
and so on. "Now my time is more than 50% I devote to social activities," he said. (Figure Indonesia, Executive Repro No. 269).