Nadiem Makarim

Nadiem Makarim
Official portrait, 2021
1st Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 April 2021
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Education and Culture) Bambang Brodjonegoro (as Minister of Research and Technology)
29th Minister of Education and Culture
In office 23 October 2019 – 28 April 2021
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Muhadjir Effendy
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology)
1st Chief Executive Officer of Gojek
In office 5 October 2010 – October 2019
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kevin Aluwi Andre Soelistyo
Personal details
Born	Nadiem Anwar Makarim (1984-07-04) 4 July 1984 (age 39) Singapore
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Franka Franklin ​ (m. 2014)​
Relatives	Hamid Algadri (grandfather)
Education	United World College of Southeast Asia, Singapore
Alma mater	Brown University (BA) Harvard University (MBA)
Occupation	Entrepreneur politician
Known for	Co-founder of Gojek
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Nadiem Anwar Makarim (born 4 July 1984) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the current minister of education, culture, research, and technology of Indonesia.^[1]

Prior to entering politics, in 2010, he founded Gojek, Indonesia's first startup valued over US$10 billion.^[2] In October 2019, he was appointed as Minister of Education and Culture by President Joko Widodo on his second term's cabinet and subsequently resigned from his post at Gojek.^[3][4]