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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 001956 
 
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USTR KELHERS; BWEISEL 
 
E.O. 12598: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID
SUBJECT: Mission Indonesia Nominees for Presidential Summit on 
Entrepreneurship 
 
REFTEL: STATE 112468 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Post, in response to reftel, offers the following ten 
nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in 
Washington: 
 
-- Shinta Widjaja Kamdani, Director, PT Widjajatunggal Sejahtera; 
Ranked 50th most powerful woman in Indonesia; runs a multi-million 
dollar conglomerate; holds influential leadership position in 
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce; 
 
-- Sandiago Uno, PT Adaro; founding partner of Saratoga Capital, a 
private equity firm; past Chairman of Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs 
Association; Enterprise Asia's 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year; leads 
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce committee on small and medium 
enterprise development; 
 
-- Manoj Punjabi, President Director, MD Entertainment; 
filmmaker/television producer responsible for one of the highest 
grossing Indonesian films of all time; employs over 1000 people; has 
grown television business from 4 hours of programming per month to 
over 150 hours; his programs earned "best of the year" awards in 
2008 and 2009; 
 
-- Dr. Bambang Ismawan, Yayasan Bina Swadaya; Ashoka Fellow; founded 
social foundation that trains community leaders to organize 
self-help groups; foundation has trained over 10,000 community 
leaders, inspired creation of more than 12,000 grassroots self-help 
groups serving 3.5 million people, and launched 650,000 microfinance 
institutions with 13.5 million members. The foundation runs 16 
companies, including a franchising operation for agricultural shops 
that funds almost 95 percent of the organization's operations; 
 
-- Ir. Antonious Tanan; President of Ciptura Entrepreneurship 
Center; develops "train the trainer" programs for the Foundation of 
Entrepreneurship Education; designed and ran intensive three-month 
entrepreneurship program for Indonesian university graduates; team 
leader and speaker at numerous entrepreneurship conferences; 
 
-- Goris Mustaquim, PT Resultan Nusantara; founded both technology 
company and youth organization promoting entrepreneurship; current 
nominee for Best Asian Entrepreneur 2009 by Business Week; awarded 
Community Entrepreneurs Champion by the British Council in 2009; 
 
-- Hendy Setiono, Kebab Turki Baba Rafi; owns three restaurant 
franchise brands with 800 employees and 475 outlets spread across 60 
cities in Indonesia; winner of Indonesian Franchise award 2009; 
winner of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship award 2008; selected as 
one of Asia's Best Entrepreneurs under 25 by Business Week; 
 
-- Diono Nurjadin, Mandala Air; President and CEO of Cardig 
International, the largest aviation and logistics specialist in 
Indonesia; President of Mandala Air, a fast growing local airline; 
Education Chairman of Indonesian Chapter of Young Presidents 
Organization; holds influential leadership role in Indonesian 
Chamber of Commerce; 
 
-- Puji Lestari a.k.a Ririn, Citra Persada; founded rapidly growing 
(and environmentally friendly) waste management and recycling 
company; employs disabled persons, former addicts and rehabilitated 
prisoners as means of offering a "second chance"; runs an orphanage 
for disabled children; 
 
-- Sheila Tiwan, CEO Carsurin; runs Indonesia's largest private 
marine surveying and consultancy company; manages 432 employees 
across ten branch offices and six laboratories; active in Young 
Presidents Organization and sits on Board of Directors for 
Indonesian Chapter of Entrepreneurship Organization; selected by 
Ernst and Young as 2007 Entrepreneur of the year. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Post sought to assemble a list of high impact, influential 
entrepreneurs that also reflects Indonesia's cultural diversity and 
dynamic economy.  The candidates represent a cross section of 
different religions, genders, age, ethnic groups and business 
sectors (including social entrepreneurs.)  Some of the candidates 
already demonstrate the ability to influence and shape Indonesia's 
political and economic framework; others are rising quickly.  All 
will engage actively and substantively in discussions on how to 
expand entrepreneurship in Muslim majority countries (of which 
Indonesia is the world's largest.)  Please note that all of the 
candidates nominated above possess sufficient personal means to 
travel to Washington DC if selected to attend the Summit.  Post will 
forward additional background information and individual 
justifications separately by e-mail. 
 
 
JAKARTA 00001956  002 OF 002 
 
 
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