Nadiem Makarim Biography

By utilizing the sophistication of mobile technology, GO-JEK successfully revolutionized the motorcycle txi transportation industry. The features offered by GO-JEK are various, such as shipping goods, ordering food, shopping and travelling in a traffic jam.

Childhood

From various sources obtained, Nadiem makarim founder of GO-JEK was born in Singapore, July 4 1984. He has  a father named Nono Anwar Makarim who comes from Pekalongan who is a lawyer and mother named Atika Algadrie from Pasuruan who works in the non-profit field. Nadiem Makarim has two sisters.

Nadiem Makarim’s wife named Franka Franklin, they married in 2014 ago. From this marriage, Nadiem Makarim has a child named Solara Franklin Makarim.

It was learned that Nadiem Makarim began elementary school in Jakarta, ten he graduated from high school in Singapore, from Singapore he then continued his education in International Relations at Brown University, USA.[1]

Graduated from Harvard University

And for a year Nadiem Makarim attended a foreign exchange program at the London School of Economics. He also continued his studied at Harvard Business School, Harvard University and graduated with an MBA (Master of Business of Administration)

Nadiem Makarim is known to have worked at a MCkinsey & Company a well-known consultant in Jakarta and spent three years working there. He was also known to have worked as a Co-founder and Managing Editor at Zalora Indonesia and later became Chief Innovation officier of my card.[2]

Resign from Zalora and Establish Gojek

Armed with a lot of experience while working, Nadiem Makarim then ventured to quit his job and founded the GO-JEK company in 2011.[3]

“ … I don’t feel like working in someone else’s company, I want to control my own destiny” – Nadiem Makarim

That simple reason made Nadiem Makarim try to pineer his own company which became known as GO-JEK armed with work experience and enterprenuership.

GO-JEK Business Ideas

GO-JEK’s transportation business idea itself comes from Nadiem’s thoughts when he discussed with his motorcycle taxi drivers.[4] Nadiem Makarim rarely uses cars because f his high mobility, he often uses motorcycle taxi services.

From his conversations with motorbike tax drivers, he discovered the fact that almost all motorcyclet taxi drivers spend their time just waiting for customers and finding it difficult to find customers. On the other hand, Jakarta’s traffic congestion is getting worse, so we need a fast transportation service and fast delivery to help the citizens of Jakarta.[5]

The Beginning f GO-JEK

Then in 2011, GO-JEK as an official company was founed by Nadiem Makarim who later served as CEO of GO-JEK. Beginning with GO-JEK, Nadiem had 20 Motorcycle drivers. And the system offered is via telephone call center. Where customers contact the callc center directly to get the closest driver.

At the time, the number of GO-JEK employees was still very limited and the drivers were still very limited. But the belief of Nadiem Makarim about his company made Gojek able to survive until it advanced rapidly the Next few years.[6]

Capital injection from a large company.

The GO-JEK service offers convenience and speed by working with Ojek drivers under the GO-JEK company.

GO-JEK services Nadiem Makarim offers goods and food delivery services, transportation. And shopping services. GO-JEK grew few after getting an injection of funds from a Singaporean Investment company, Northstar Group.

Notes:

[1] Past tenses

[2] Personal pronouns

[3] To + infinitive

[4] Possessive pronouns

[5] Gerund

[6] To + infinitive