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Indonesia's Bukalapak poised for growth under new CEO

Rachmat Kaimuddin aims to put e-commerce marketplace platform on path to profitability, and wants to build it into an entity that will last 100 years

Published Sun, Sep 20, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Jakarta

RACHMAT Kaimuddin may have been destined for the job he currently holds.

A graduate from MIT and Stanford University in the United States, his early career led him to work for the Boston Consulting Group, several private equity firms and the International Finance Corporation, before landing at Indonesian conglomerate Bosowa Group.

But in an exclusive interview with The Business Times, the new chief executive officer of e-commerce marketplace platform Bukalapak.com admits he feels most at home leading a tech company.

"I became CEO in January this year and it has been an interesting change from my previous work experience. I am technologicall…

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