While he is best known as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sugar Group Companies, Gunawan Jusuf oversees several companies based in Indonesia that grow and refine sugar for the purposes of creating many popular sugar products. In addition to plantations and refineries all over Indonesia, Sugar Group Companies also operates offices all over Indonesia.
Gunawan Jusuf published a book, entitled “Blue Gold” in early 2016, and that book features a frank discussion on the relative scarcity and the high value of water as our most important and precious commodity. Not only is water crucial to the lives of humans everywhere, it is also essential to his business. From his position as Sugar Group Companies CEO, Gunawan Jusuf has guided the organization to produce increasing amounts of Gulaku, which is a premium, commercial, refined sugar product that is a household name all over Indonesia. It is not the only product, however; the company features many other popular products. Sugar Group Companies is actually not just a single business, but a collection of businesses that operate independently.