JAKARTA: Business executive Kariyanto Hardjosoemarto helps his company to sell Mercedes Benz vehicles that can cost 12 billion rupiah (S$1.02 million) each in Jakarta, a far cry from his childhood on a farm in rural Magetan regency, some 600km to the east.
The son of a vegetable farmer and horse-cart driver attributed his success to his three years in SMA Taruna Nusantara, a prestigious boarding school located in Magelang, Central Java, that has groomed many Indonesian professionals since it opened in 1990.
