Achmad Zaky

Achmad Zaky (Born in Sragen, Central Java, August 24, 1986).^[1] is an Indonesian entrepreneur who works in the field of internet technology. He is the founder and CEO of Central Java Bukalapak, the largest C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer) online marketplace in Indonesia, which focuses on empowering Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Personal life

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Sunday, October 17, 2010, Zaky started a new life with his wife, Diajeng Lestari. He ^[2] infected his vision to her on how to utilize the internet in doing business.

His ^[3] wife, whom already bored being an employee, and also feeling the difficulties in finding hijab for her everyday use, founded an idea to make a commercial site, that focuses on selling Moslem fashion. Zaky encouraged the idea and helped his wife in founding hijup.com in 2011.

To this day, they have been blessed with a daughter named Laiqa Anzani. Laiqa's name was then also used as a name for a famous lifestyle magazine among hijabers.^[4]

Endeavor Entrepreneur

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Achmad Zaky (CEO of Bukalapak), and Fajrin Rasyid (CFO of Bukalapak), were selected as International Selection Panel (ISP) on the 63rd Endeavor, in Dubai and recognized as successful Indonesian entrepreneurs. Being Endeavor's ISPs, they officially became Endeavor Entrepreneur. Candidates have to go through a tight selection process in the local level, before finally getting into the last stage and becoming ISP.

The interview process in Indonesia took 6–12 months period. After passing the initial interview process, the next selection process was a 3 days interview with global business leaders from Endeavor's network. Endeavor Entrepreneur is an entrepreneurship movement, with a focus on the development of high impact entrepreneurship.

Bukalapak was founded by Achmad Zaky (Chief Executive Officer and Founder), Nugroho Herucahyono (Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer), and Fajrin Rasyid (Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer) in 2010.

Nowadays, Bukalapak has grown fast, and recognized as a successful high impact enterprise in Indonesia through its online marketplace business. To expand their market size,  Bukalapak aims to push small to mid-size local businesses to utilize internet. ^[5]

Those businesses can professionally sell their products by utilizing Bukalapak's platform, with a secure and trusted system, both for the sellers as well as the buyers.[6]

Harbolnas

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Bukalapak received high attention as well as participation from the public during the celebration of Hari Belanja Nasional (Harbolnas National Shopping day) in 2015. The program gave double discount to Bukalapak's users on the 10th, 11th and 12th December 2015. The discount came from the sellers (Pelapak), as well as voucher from Bukalapak, for users whose email addresses have been verified.

Bukalapak received award for best YouTube ad in 2015, during the celebration of Hari Belanja Nasional 2015 (Harbolnas). Bukalapak was able to prove that a non- big-budget ad combined with a creative concept would win the public's attention. Harbolnas is an annual event that is held by various e-commerce in Indonesia, with support from various partners, such as telecommunication industry, businesses, banking, logistics, and media.

Bukalapak Programming Contest

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Due to the vast development of the technology industry in Indonesia, as well as their love for the field of IT, Achmad Zaky, Nugroho Herucahyono, and Fajrin Rasyid, along with Bukalapak, hold the Bukalapak Programming Contest.

Bukalapak wants to push the development of technology in Indonesia^.[7] One of the ways is by developing the potential of young programmers. It is hoped that through this activity, programmers can compete and encourage to continue learning and evolve.

The competition started in February 2016, as a tool to identify talents and the potential for work in the field of IT. The competition includes a series of algorithmic-puzzle problem that needs to be solved within the given time frame.

[1]. PAST TENSE
[2]. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
[3]. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
[4]. PAST PERFECT TENSE
[5]. INFINITIVE
[6]. PRESENT TENSE
[7]. INFINITIVE

source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achmad_Zaky

Explanations :
1.  The Tenses that are used in that article is Past Tense which shows the experiences or activities that happened on the past
2.  Gerund is a word formed from a verb that is added to -ing and functions as a noun. Ex: studying is important for my future. +Infinitive is a verbal consisting of the particle -to (usually used to express purpose). Ex: To study in this time is bad idea.
3.  Reflexive pronoun is an activity where subject and object are the same person or the same object. Ex: I'm going to buy myself new bag.