Building a Conglomerate from Makassar

October 25, 2005

IT all started from a family business that was almost on its last legs. The business of Hadji Kalla was very badly hit by the economic crisis of 1966. This business, which was active in the trading of agricultural products, had debts everywhere. Shall we just close the business down? asked the father, and head of the business, at that that time. His son, Jusuf Kalla, shook his head. Instead, he chose to take over control of his fathers business t

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