Peng resume

Prajogo Pangestu, which has been prominent in Southeast Asia for many years, is one of the three giants of Indonesian finance and industry and commerce, ranking second only to Lin Shaoliang of Linsan Group and Oei Ek Tjhong of Guangjin Group, and also a new generation of corporate superstars of the largest country in Southeast Asia with a population of 200 million. Before the financial turmoil, data released by Jakarta's Ministry of Finance showed that Lin Shaoliang was still the top taxpayer in Indonesia. And Peng ranked second and third respectively.

In addition to these three people, other top Chinese businessmen include Lin, Putra Sampoena of Sampoena and Sukamto Tanujaya of Rajamas, while Peng works closely with Bambang and Hutomo, two sons of former President Suharto, and only ranks first in tax payment.

Overseas, Peng's reputation is not as good as that of Hehe Crystal, which has been in business for forty or fifty years. However, the business power of Barido Pacific Construction Group (originally translated as Lido) led by him has expanded rapidly, and its scale is extremely large, which really makes Nanyang Chinese businessmen sit up and take notice.

In fact, Peng is a dazzling new star. Many international financial magazines tend to regard the rich as one side or the rich as the enemy.

Class of words, to describe the wealth of the nouveau riche of Indonesian enterprises. However, the most striking thing is that Peng is not only economically aggressive, but also has amazing courage; In just two or three years in the early 1990s, his three major development projects in Indonesia cost about ten billion dollars. At that time, Peng seemed to be the only private enterprise in Southeast Asia (even Asia) that could make such a huge investment in such a short time.

1At the end of 992, many major newspapers in Indonesia took Peng as the cover character and reported Peng's "new attack" with key news. The news that about 20 Indonesian entrepreneurs, headed by Peng and assisted by Indonesia's richest man, joined hands to acquire Yate Group, a subsidiary of Xie Family, Indonesia's second largest financial group, caused a sensation all around.

Compass, Indonesia's largest daily newspaper, even wrote: "Peng has become the new owner of the Astra business empire, which is recognized by the Indonesian people as having assets of $3 billion." Prior to this, the editorial of the newspaper even thought that "Peng is the only one who can save Asda".

Obviously, together with other wealthy businessmen, Peng's financial position is more stable, and the ranking of Indonesian consortia has also changed. Although Lin Shaoliang's Linsan Group is still the "boss", Oei Ek Tjhong's Guangjin Group came from behind, pushing Astra Group out of the bureau and becoming the "second child", and then Barido Pacific Construction Group, catching up with Peng Peng Yun, ranked third, tied with Lin Shaoliang and Oei Ek Tjhong.

1In September, 1993, Peng went after the victory and listed Barido Pacific Wood. After Barido Pacific shares were officially listed, the market value of Barido Pacific shares was estimated to reach $2.5 billion at the issue price of 7200 rupiah per share, making it the largest listed company in Indonesia. Therefore, Peng once occupied the largest listed company in Indonesia.

However, under the storm of economic crisis, many rich Indonesians were the first to bear the brunt, and their careers changed suddenly, which naturally affected Peng. 1997 165438+1at the beginning of October, among the16 banks closed by Indonesian authorities, Andromeda Bank, whose main shareholders include Peng and Suharto family, was on the list. At the beginning of September of the following year, Peng and others were temporarily banned from leaving the country to assist the police in further investigation.

As for Peng's core business, Barido Pacific Wood's performance of 1997 was declared as a profit loss, with a loss of 39 billion rupiah after tax. However, Suharto, who suddenly stepped down in May, suddenly became a street mouse shouted by everyone, and his family's huge business and wealth also became the target of public criticism. Peng, who has been inextricably linked with the Suharto family, was trapped in a difficult environment.

However, this company has more than 0/00 large and small companies/KLOC, with about 654.38+million employees, engaged in timber, planting, pulp, finance, transportation, tourism, real estate, petrochemical and other industries. It seems that a new generation of enterprise generals who are "non-war" are full of amazing legends for their bold entrepreneurship and courage to compete. Accept the traditional education in China.

Peng's father, Peng Shuian, settled in Mengjiaying. In the morning, he works as a rubber cutter and tailor in his spare time. As a teenager, Peng got up early every day to help his father in Jiaolin, and then went to school. He studied in Mengjiaying, Shankou Chinese School and Nanhua Middle School, so he received Chinese education in junior high school, which was influenced by China culture to some extent. He was one of the few people who had the opportunity to receive traditional Chinese education in Indonesia in the 1950s and 1960s.

In the early 1960s, Peng, who graduated from junior high school, joined the society to make a living and worked as an apprentice and a shop assistant. Leaving the poor and backward mountainous area to find a job in Jakarta, the capital, was in vain. He also drove a minibus and worked as a driver.

When he was about 25, Peng found a satisfactory job. From 65438 to 0969, he worked in the company of Burhan Uray, a timber merchant, and his work took a turning point here, which was also the turning point of his future career. Therefore, Burhan Uray was the benefactor of his early career.

After his successful career, Peng said, "I can't start a business without the help of my friends. I have always regarded Burhan Uray as my guide and master. " Who are Peng's "guides" and "teachers"? Burhan Uray, whose ancestral home is in Fuzhou, Fujian, has a low education level, but is good at observation and analysis. After working as a handyman in a timber factory for three years, he found that the timber industry was actually a promising and promising industry, so he gave up the idea of changing careers. 196 1 year, Burhan Uray, about 26 years old, used his savings for many years to set up a small company called Djanjanti, and began to make great strides in the timber industry. A few years later, Caiyuandi Company raised $5 million to lease a virgin forest (commonly known as "Sam") in East Kalimantan Province with an area of 1 10,000 hectares from the government, becoming the first person in East Kalimantan Province to obtain logging franchise.

At that time, he was a well-deserved "King of Wood", but the title of "King of Wood" was replaced by his disciple Peng in the late 1980s. Peng joined Caiyuandi Company when he founded it, and was the first employee of the company. After working hard in the company for several years, his talent was deeply appreciated by Burhan Uray, and he was promoted to senior manager, becoming his right-hand man, responsible for the administration and finance of the whole group.

Besides working hard day and night in Caiyuandi Company, Peng also pays special attention to accumulating professional knowledge and practical experience in his work. In addition, due to his gentle personality, approachable and sociability, Peng has established good relations with some Indonesian government officials, military dignitaries, Indonesian national entrepreneurs and Chinese businessmen during his years of front-line work. These interpersonal relationships from top to bottom laid a solid foundation for him to establish his own enterprise empire in the future.

Therefore, Caiyuandi Company can be said to be a school that trained Peng as an excellent forestry expert, and Burhan Uray is his mentor and guide for his future career development. When talking about his career development, Peng often never forgets to say, "I can't start a business without the help of my friends. I have always regarded Burhan Uray as my guide and master. " Of course, in terms of his outstanding achievements in dominating the business world in the future, Peng is obviously better than his early masters.

From 65438 to 0977, Peng started his own business, established Barido Pacific Company, and purchased forest development rights covering an area of 40,000 hectares. Peng is a man who thinks of his source by drinking water, which can be seen from Barido, the "Baohao" of Pacific Construction Group. Barido is a river in Kalimantan and the birthplace of Peng's career. The lower reaches of this river flow into the Pacific Ocean, so the name of Barido Pacific Ocean has a long history. Of course, in the eyes of China businessmen, "water" also symbolizes "wealth". It is not known whether Peng has also considered this meaning.

In the early 1990s, nearly 60 subsidiaries of Peng's Barido Group were engaged in wood-related business, and his forest harvesting rights covered an area of 5.5 million hectares, equivalent to 65,438+0,580 pulautekong (2,388 hectares) and pulaubin (65,438+0,065,438 hectares). In terms of area, Peng has more rainforests than anyone else in the world, so it is not an exaggeration to call him "the king of rainforests in the world".

For Peng, paulownia branches are like rolls of money. His nearly 70 timber mills in Indonesia can process and produce 2.2 million cubic meters of plywood and 200,000 cubic meters of sawn timber every year. Barido Group has been the largest plywood producer and exporter in the world for many years. Peng claimed that he was not a businessman who only cut down trees to make big money, but a forest of love.

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199 1, Peng became the largest forester in the world. He opened up the world's largest man-made tropical rain forest near the port of Sumatra, with an area of 500,000 hectares, almost equal to 65,438+00 Singapore, of which the planting area of wood alone reached 300,000 hectares. Some people think that Peng seems to be racing against time in planting trees in recent years, because if he keeps cutting down forests, the whole mountain forest will be cut down one day, which is like killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Peng certainly knows this better than anyone else. He said that if trees are cut down continuously, not only will there be a day of "living in the open space", but the ecological environment will also be destroyed, so the most basic solution is to plant trees. It is estimated that more than 300,000 people live on Barido Group.

As most of the development focuses on rural areas, Barido Group has become the largest employer in Indonesian rural areas. It is estimated that more than 300,000 people live on the salary of Barido Group, among which at least 6.5438+0.5 million people moved from Java, where people are crowded and jobs are hard to find. This is why Suharto attaches great importance to Peng's afforestation plan. 199 1 year, he went to the barren hills in the suburb of Jugang and presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of Peng's afforestation plan. In addition to the government, commercial banks are also deeply interested in Peng's afforestation plan and give preferential loan conditions. Because the planted afforestation can't be cut down until six years later, the bank specifically allows the company to repay the principal and interest after eight years.

Peng has an indescribable satisfaction with the gradual development of plantation. He said: "When I looked down from the helicopter, all I saw was endless green. It was so cool." Peng has a special feeling for the forest, which is not difficult to understand. This is inextricably linked with forestry since it debuted more than ten years ago, so Peng can be called "the son of the forest".

Since 199 1, Peng has also invested in the construction of a paper paddle factory in Sumatra, with an estimated investment of US$ 654.38+02 billion (S $2 billion). The wood needed by the factory is made from local materials. One year after it is put into production, the output of paper pulp is 6,543,800 tons, the output of paper is 500,000 tons, and the output of man-made fiber is 250,000 tons.

Peng's other investment involving astronomical figures is in West Java. This large-scale petrochemical plant with an investment of US$ 2.5 billion (S $4 1 billion) started construction in 199 1 year. However, in order to reduce foreign debt, the Indonesian government temporarily banned domestic companies from financing overseas at the end of 199 1.

Many people think that the petrochemical plant is a big "bet" on Peng's career, but Peng obviously has his own wishful thinking. It is estimated that1650,000 tons of ethylene and propylene can be produced every year when the petrochemical plant is officially put into operation in 1994, as well as raw materials for manufacturing high-grade gasoline blending agents and cracking gasoline agents, which can save Indonesia billions of dollars in foreign exchange every year.

Indonesia's Compass praised Peng as a long-sleeved dancer, and his actions and courage should be "unprecedented". However, of course, many people think that Peng's non-stop major investments in recent years may seem too hasty; However, Peng has a different view. He said: "once we make a decision, we will go all out;" In terms of business investment, it is said that the vision should be accurate, the judgment should be accurate, and the speed should be fast. "

In recent years, Peng has been actively seeking new breakthroughs for Barido Group in the voice of enterprise internationalization. The Sentosa Hotel in Shangri-La, which was completed a few years ago, cost 65.438+0.2 billion yuan, which was Peng's big investment in Singapore. In addition to Barido holding 5 1% equity, Shangri-La International Group holds 40% equity, and the other 9% is held by Guo Henian's Kwok Brothers (Singapore) Company.

1At the end of 1995, Peng, the son of Suharto, and Xu Zhenlong, a wealthy Indonesian businessman, offered a comprehensive takeover proposal to the shareholders of the paper mill at the price of 1. 10 yuan per share, and Peng later became the chairman of the paper mill. A year and a half later, he sold all his shares in the financial storm.