Ciputra life and biography

Ciputra (born 1931) is an Indonesian businessman who owns Ciputra Development, a property companies in Indonesia, and Ciputra Group. Ciputra was the 30th richest Indonesian according to GlobeAsia Magazine, with a total of US$350 million. He is also the 8th biggest philanthropist in Indonesia .

Ciputra is a pioneer of modern property business in Indonesia and the founder and first chairman of REI (the association of real estate companies Indonsia), so nicknamed Mr Real estate Indonesia. Ciputra is also the first Indonesian who is believed to be the World President of FIABCI, an international organization of employers realestast. For the consumer property, Ciputra name has become a brand that promises quality products as well as prospects for profitable investment. Among business property, Ciputra synonymous with business giants that have been the reference as well as competitors.

Ciputra great works so diverse, because almost all subsectors dijamahnya property. He now controls five of the Jaya Group, Metropolitan, Pondok Indah, Bumi Serpong Damai, and Ciputra Development, which each has a core business in property sector. New city projects now number 11 units spread across Greater Jakarta, Surabaya, and in Vietnam with a total area covers 20,000 hectares more. The new town was 11 Bumi Serpong Damai, Pantai Indah Kapuk, Puri Jaya, CitraRaya Nuance City Arts, City Park Bintaro Jaya, Pondok Indah, Citra Indah, Taman Metropolitan City, CitraRaya, New City Sidoarjo, and Citra Westlake City Hanoi, Vietnam. Commercial property projects, is also very classy and a trend setter in its field. Moreover, the projects also become a magnet for growth in the surrounding area. Ciputra pioneered a business trip since I was a student of architecture Bandung Institute of Technology. Together with Ismail Sofyan and Budi Brasali, college friends, circa 1957 Ciputra founded PT Daya Cipta. Bureau's third architect student, has received quite a job contract for that period, compared to other similar companies. Projects that they handle such a bank buildings in Banda Aceh. Ciputra 1960 graduated from ITB. To Jakarta ... We need to Jakarta, because there a lot of work, he told Islamil Sofyan and Budi Brasali. This decision was a milestone that determines the way of life and both his friend's Ciputra. With the flag of PT Perentjaja Djaja IPD, a prestigious project which is building the center was shot Ciputra berbelanjaan in Senen. In many ways, Ciputra Jakarta is trying to meet the Governor at that time, Dr. R. Soemarno, to offer his proposal. Tit for tat. Meeting with Soemarno then followed up with the establishment of PT Pembangunan Jaya, after previously fitted with President Sukarno. After Senen shopping center, a monumental project in Ciputra next Jaya Ancol Dreamland and Bintaro Jay. Through the company 40% owned Ciputra Jakarta Government is showing his class as well as professional entrepreuneur reliable in collecting existing resources into the power of big business. Jaya Group established in 1961 with capital of Rp. 10 million, now has total assets of about Rp. 5 trillion. With the support of lobbying capabilities, Ciputra gradually also developed outside the company network Jaya, namely the Metropolitan Group, the Group of Pondok Indah, the Group Bumi Serpong Damai, and most recently the Ciputra Group. The total number of children from five groups of business is certainly in the top one hundred, because the children of the Group Jaya only 47 and the child reaches 54 Metropolitan Group business. On this, Ciputra said facetiously: If your child of ten, we can still remember the name of each. But if more than that, even too difficult to remember numbers anymore. The facility is the third element of the 10 factors that determine customer satisfaction. Consumers must be satisfied by providing more public and social facilities. But the facility does not have to be built all at once at the early stage of development. If the facility was built more direct, higher selling prices will direct. This will not provide benefits to its first purchaser, as well as a major risk for the developer. Ciputra has stakes in five business groups (Group Jaya, Metropolitan Group, the Group Pondoh Beautiful, Bumi Serpong Damai Group and Ciputra Group). Of the five business groups, the Ciputra not cover that in fact he put his first loyalty to Jaya. First, because he is almost identical with Jaya. From here begins the business network properties. Since the company was formed in 1961, Ciputra sits in the ranks of directors for 35 years: the first three years as director and 32 years as president, until he resigned in 1996 and became active commissioners. Second, is the fact that after administration, Ciputra is the largest shareholder in Jaya. PT Metropolitan Development is the company that he form in 1970 with Ismail Sofyan, Budi Brasali, and several other partners. Ciputra Group is a third group Pondok Indah (PT Metropolitan Kencana) which is a joint venture between PT Metropolitan Development and PT Kencana's Waringin Sudwikatmono and Sudono Salim. This group, among others, to develop housing and Pantai Indah Pondok Indah Kapok. The fourth group of companies are PT Bumi Serpong Damai, who founded the early 1980s. This company is a consortium of 10 leading businessmen - among others Sudono Salim, Eka Tjipta Widjaya, Sudwikatmono Ciputra Group and Jaya - who developed the Autonomous City project Bumi Serpong Damai area of 6000 hectares, BSD toll road project - Bintaro Pondok Indah, and the Damai Indah Golf Course Golf. Ciputra Group is the fifth business group. This business group started from PT Citra Habitat Indonesia, which in early 1990 and recognized the wholly name was changed to Ciputra Development (CD). Ciputra become dirutnya and sixth ranks of directors be filled by children and son-Ciputra. Ciputra Development Growth latter was the fourth prominent than other Ciputra Group. With most young age, instead of the first CD to go public in the capital market in March 1994. Just a few months later following the Glorious Real property. Total assets of the CD in December 1996 and range from Rp. 2.85 trillion, with profits in the same year reached Rp. 131.44 billion. CD now has four large-scale project: Housing Citra 455 Ha, CitraRaya City Nuance Art in Tangerang area of 1000 Ha, Ha CitraRaya 1000, and Citra Indah Jonggol. 1000 Ha. Not to mention the projects it develops hotels and shopping malls, such as hotel and Ciputra Mall, and the super-block area of 14.5 hectares in the Kuningan Jakarta. Ciputra Group also developed a Citra Westlake City area of 400 hectares in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its construction is projected for 30 years with a total investment of U.S. $ 2.5 billion. In addition, the CD also jump in the financial business through the Bank Ciputra, and brokerage business through Century 21 franchise. Since a few years ago, claimed the Fifth Ciputra Group business - especially for projects in the property - into a marketing alliance. The Alliance was originally given the name of The Pioneer, but now has changed to the Developer. "Name The pioneer impressed arrogant and oriented to their own interests," said Ciputra about the name change.

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