Aryadi started his timber business from nothing. When an associate cheated him, he turned to peddling motorcycle taxi rides. But now he exports processed sengon (Albizia chinensis) wood to China and other countries.

Aryadi, a high school dropout from Wonosobo regency, Central Java, had a meeting that changed his fate. The oldest of five siblings had been selling sengon wood products to a middleman, Jung San. But he thought he could do better. So