When he was 6 years old, living with
her aunt Ciputra.Ciputra was a maid servant by her aunt.He always told to do
the heavy work.Her aunt applies strongly to small Ciputra.However, Ciputra and
messengers obeyed his aunt.He received it as a responsibility.Now, thanks to
the guidance and harsh treatment from her aunt, Ciputra really feel the meaning
of hard work.Despite the difficulties and sadness passes in childhood, Ciputra
always be patient.Beloved father accused of anti-Japanese by the Japanese
army.His father, Tjie Siem Poe, was arrested and eventually had to leave
Ciputra for ever.His father left him at age 12.Weight for Ciputra after his
father left, especially when he had to be the backbone of the family.Ever since
her father left, Ciputra always helped his mother sell me, scour the streets to
offer to consumers.In the morning, take care of cows Ciputra pets, before
heading off to school.After taking care of cows, so he went to school by
traveling along the 7 (seven) pounds from his house, it passes on foot.Ciputra
junior high education in Gorontalo, 1950.High school in Manado, 1953.Upon
completion of the SM in Manado, Ciputra migrated to Java.Thanks to his
diligence, Ciputra made it into the ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology),
Department of Architecture.Ciputra decision to migrate to Java, After
graduating high school, making it more independent.While in college, Ciputra
took the opportunity to set up a company with his friend, a consultancy bureau
Tjipta Power Architect, which operated in a garage.But because he considered
less appropriate to the expectations, eventually deciding to build a PT
Ciputra. Jaya Development, in 1962.Pilot project which is working on changing
the region Monday. Senen district formerly known as the brothels, slums, pickpockets
center and as a center of poverty, the area transforms into an orderly, clean,
and modern.In subsequent years, the area has been turned into a Monday for
businessmen and traders.In the hands of Ciputra, Senen area transforms into the
first modern shopping center and the best in Jakarta.Both projects is the
construction of Ancol.Vision of Ir. Sukarno, and demand governor at the time,
Ali Sadikin, ask Andol become like Disneyland in America.Usa effort to be made
to make the Ancol like Disneyland.Hasilnay, Ciputra managed to align the Ancol
as ten kawassan travel site, with the number of visitors to 12 million people
per year.Ups and downs and the monetary crisis in 1997, did not dampen the
Ciputra step in the work and continue to develop the nation.Ciputra Company
does not escape from monetary crises that hit the Indonesian economy.Capitalize
hard work, hard times of crisis finally is able to pass through.He re-arrange
its finances, and pay off his debts to other parties.And Ciputra increasingly
skilled in property business.Until now, Ciputra has managed not only within
Indonesia, but also to have developed wings to Vietnam, India, Cambodia, China,
Poland, etc..