Every year, Wharton School in Pennsylvania
gives Dean’s Medal, an exceptional award for its graduates that have created
amazing achievements around the world. Among the recipients, there are Felipe
de Borbon y Grecia (Prince of Asturias), Alvaro Uribe Velez (President of
Colombia), Leonard A. Lauder (Estee Lauder’s chairman), and Sukanto Tanoto. The latter earned this
award in year 2012, and he is among few Indonesians such as Sudono Salim that
earned the prestigious award. There are many reasons that make Sukanto
Tanoto deserved the prestigious award, and here are some.
Sukanto Tanoto is a Successful International Businessman
Asian Agri is among the biggest palm oil
companies in Indonesia, and Sukanto Tanoto is his founder and owner. The
company has worked together with thousands of farmers in Sumatra, and has
helped supplying palm oil products to various companies and industries, both in
Indonesia and abroad. Asian Agri has become a main supplier of palm oil for
various industries in other countries such as China, Singapore, India and
several European and American countries.
His business is also a clear example of
amazing business innovation in both Indonesia and China, and he has made
Singapore as his main operational base for his worldwide business.
Sukanto Tanoto and Social Projects
Sukanto Tanoto has amazing achievements as a
philanthropist; he set up Tanoto Foundation, which has helped many schools and
provided scholarships for students from poor families, including for children
of the company’s oil palm farmers. Also, the foundation that he established
provides grants and funds for various academic or academic related projects,
including funds for research and study for lecturers, teachers and professors.
Finally, Asian Agri is also responsible for educating,
training and supporting oil palm farmers, so they can have independent farms
and plasma farms, without having to depend all the time to the palm oil
companies. The projects include trainings and education for plasma farmers and
smallholders in various aspects for plantation and cultivation techniques to
business related matters.
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