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| Sunny Sukardi |
He was born in a small fishing village in Indonesia, in 1962, and, by 1980, was a construction worker in Singapore, where his hardworking attitude and leadership skills helped him establish the EJ Young Group, in 1985. It was involved in investment in such areas as real estates and construction. In 1990, he was voted a member of the “Top Ten Young Outstanding Entrepreneurs” in Singapore for his outstanding work.
In 2000, Sukardi established the SunCity Group Holding Co, which got wood and flooring from Indonesia for China, and he dealt with various investment projects in China. In 2008, he opened the “Indonesian Street - Indonesian Home and Lifestyle Center” in Shanghai and, a few years later, added branches and franchises in the cities of Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Kunming, and Macao.
Sukardi believes that one of his responsibilities is to contribute to society, so, on Jan 1, 2011, he set up the TH Caritas Foundation in Macao and began donating a certain percentage of SunCity’s annual profits to the foundation to assist new graduates, retirees, and former inmates to help them integrate back into society.
He now focuses much of his efforts on the Indonesian Street City, a modern lifestyle center for tourism, living, and trading on Bintan Island, Indonesia. He also plans to invest in airport runways and other infrastructure in the country’s cities to create a better public transportation network.
Another goal is to make SunCity one of the Top 500 Enterprises in the world by 2020.
