Writing Project A

The Biography of Irwan Hidayat

                Irwan Hidayat is the first child of five siblings. Yahya Hidayat is his father and Desi Sulistyo is his mother. He was born on Yogyakarta, April 23 1947. In 1949, he lived  in Semarang for develop traditional herbal medicine business, but now he living in Jakarta.

                As the eldest son. He demended be a leader and mentor for the fourth brother. Irwan increasingly dominate role in the family after his father died in 1971. Since then, Irwan be a child who will inherit the family business as a manufacture of tradisional herbal medicine, it is the herbal Sidomuncul. Irwan is the third generation which until now become a diretor of the company. In leading his business, he always held the advice from his parents, namely to maintain harmony with brother, in running a business should always be good for employees, and not hurt them as well as honest in business. The advice be equipped Irwan Hidayat running the company well.

                The success achieved by PT. Sidomuncul not regardless of the difficulties experienced by Irwan Hidayat as head of the company. When  Irwan received inheritance  the company in 1971, actually, the company was in less favorable situation. At that time, the company had debts and almost had not significant assets. Debt raw materials, if calculated, it was equivalent to 30 months of turnover of the company. Assets factory of only 600 square meters, it was without an engine. At that time also, the employees was only about 120 people. As a third generation to continue the family business, Irwan can not just continue the tradition that has just woken up in the company. During the 20s, the company he managed that have failed consequence of  various obstacle. But Irwan try and keep trying. He never give up in his life, because he has believed that everyone has a chance. Until at last he was able to bring the company into a successful.