HERU Sukrisno's appearance is somewhat unassuming for a president director. His phone is a Nokia C5, not an expensive smartphone. The 64-year-old drives a Toyota Avanza owned by PT Tri Usaha Bhakti. His office in the company he heads in Matraman, East Jakarta, measures only 3 x 5 meters and is furnished with just a desk, a chair and a 21-inch television set.

At its peak in the 1990s, Tri Usaha was the most successful business unit of the Putra Dhar