Bobby Gafur Umar


Bobby Gafur S. Umar is the President Director & CEO of Bakrie & Brothers, a company under the Bakrie Group focusing on producing steel pipes, building materials, auto parts, EPC & fabrication services, and infrastructure.

Early life

Bobby Gafur S. Umar was born on 23 June 1968 in Jakarta, Indonesia. He attended Trisakti University and earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1992. After his bachelor's degree, Bobby Gafur S. Umar obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA in 1995.

Career

In 1996, Umar began developing palm oil plantations around Tanjung Jabung, Jambi Province, with an aim to benefit communities surrounding the area. This development was executed through Core-Plasma Partnership Program, a scheme for trans-migrant farmers, providing them with extra benefits such as capital loans, training, as well as the guarantee of purchase of agricultural yields at market price. In 1998, at the same location, the program started to partner with the farmer's union. Such efforts resulted with a total plantation area of 7,701 hectares, and benefited around 4,576 families around the area. The same program was later launched in Pasaman, Western Sumatra, during 1996.