Gunawan Jusuf, 62
Sugar Group Companies
Sugar, bio-energy
$820 million (2015)
$905 million (2016)
Gunawan’s Sugar Group is one of Indonesia’s largest sugar producers with three active companies in the sector based in Lampung: PT Gula Putih Mataram, Sweet Indo Lampung (producer of the popular Gulaku brand) and PT Indo Lampung Perkasa.
While business remain his main focus of attention, Gunawan is also looking into the potential for sugar cane to become a source of green energy in the future.
While he has made some enemies during his career, he has a brain to match his business skills and earned a master of science degree from the University of Gadjah Mada.
His thesis has been rewritten as the book The Blue Gold. His son Julian Iverson Souhault, 34, also studied at the same prestigious university and is active along with his siblings in running the family business, which now extends to coffee producer and retailer JJ Royal.
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