Breaking: COO Kaskus Sukan Makmuri Takes Over as CEO, Ken Dean Lawadinata Becomes Chairman

We just received confirmation that Ken Dean Lawadinata, CEO Kaskus has been officially replaced by Sukan Makmuri who previously served as Chief Operating Officer at the company. In the future, Ken will occupy the position of Commissioner while Andrew Darwis will continue to serve as founder and Chief Community Officer at Kaskus.

Sport himself has recently joined Kaskus, but his experience in the IT world is undeniable. Sukan served as VP of Internet Banking Technology at Bank of America in the mid 90s and also at several startups in Silicon Valley. Since September 2013, Sukan joined GDP Ventures and finally took a position at Kaskus to take Kaskus to the next level. Going forward, this new management will capitalize on Kaskus' strategic position and launch new products and features for Indonesian internet users and secure a top position in the internet business.

Kaskus itself started the executive search process in 2011 with a focus on streamlining Kaskus entry into a new user market (new market entries). As one of the local companies that can survive in the Top 10 Alexa traffic in Indonesia, Kaskus will exert greater efforts to do more than just develop its business, but also develop market which will later become a bigger business opportunity.

Kaskus, as one of the success stories of startups in Indonesia, is a benchmark for many online businesses and is being watched by many parties, both from within and outside the country. The key to Kaskus' success, according to the analysis of many internet business players, is to capitalize on transactions that occur in the forum. Let's wait for breakthroughs from Sports to bring Kaskus to one of the highest peaks for online business in Indonesia.

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[Kaskus and DailySocial are both part of the group of companies under GDP Venture]