Asian Founders at Work: Stories from the Region’s Top Technopreneurs

© Ezra Ferraz, Gracy Fernandez 2020

E. Ferraz, G. FernandezAsian Founders at Workhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5162-1_9

9. Achmad Zaky: Founder and CEO, Bukalapak

Ezra Ferraz¹  and Gracy Fernandez¹

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Makati City, Philippines

 

Indonesia has four unicorns—the most in any market in Southeast Asia. The first three are Traveloka, Tokopedia, and Gojek. The fourth and latest unicorn, Bukalapak, was founded by Achmad Zaky in 2010, with Nugroho Herucahyono and Fajrin Rasyid.

Zaky studied informatics engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), during which time he earned a two-month scholarship to Oregon State University and also represented ITB at a Harvard University national model United Nations event.

During college, Zaky poured his competition ...