Kevin Aluwi (born 1 September 1986) is an

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entrepreneur. In 2010, he founded

Gojek PT Gojek Indonesia (stylized in Letter case, all lower case and stylized ''j'' as goȷek, formerly styled as GO-JEK) is an Indonesia, Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta. Gojek was fi ...

, Indonesia's first

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valued over US$10 billion.

Background

As the co-founder of

, Kevin Aluwi plays significant roles in navigating the company's journey into becoming Southeast Asia's leading technology platform whose mission is to empower the informal sector and MSMEs in Indonesia. Joining

in 2014, Kevin has since held a strategic role in adopting business intelligence data to track and optimize critical elements such as pricing, driver-partners income, as well as in structuring customers retention strategy. Kevin builds and established data science within

ecosystem. As

Group expands, Kevin leads all product streams to ensure continuous innovation and growth. In Oct 2019, Kevin, along with Andre Soelistyo, Gojek Group president was promoted as co-CEOs after the departure of

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who stepped down to join Indonesia president Joko Widodo’s

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Education

Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship and International Relations from the University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Early career and business

Prior to joining Gojek, Kevin spent two years in Zalora Indonesia as the Head of Business Intelligence. Before Zalora, he was the Business Development Manager in Merah Putih. Inc.; following the start of his career as an Investment Banking analyst in Salem Partners LLC.

Awards and international recognition

# “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” in Consumers Technology category in 2016 - an award to recognize young innovator figures who succeeded in making changes and disrupting industries.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aluwi, Kevin 1986 births University of Southern California alumni Living people Indonesian company founders 21st-century Indonesian businesspeople Indonesian chief executives