William Tanuwijaya

Tanuwijaya was born in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra. He graduated from high school there, His family was middle income who supported his education. William went to college at Universitas Bina Nusantara (Binus) Jakarta. William married Felicia H.W. on November 28, 2015.

On February 6, 2009, Tokopedia officially launched. At that year's Indonesia Celebration of Independence on August 17 Tokopedia opened for public access. In October 2014, Tokopedia received US$100  million from Softbank Internet and Media and Sequoia Capital. In 2016 Tanuwijaya represented Indonesia as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. Tokopedia announced its next stage of investment on August 17, 2017 for $1.1  billion, from Alibaba Group.

In 2007 William started to build Tokopedia, He asked his friend Leontinus Alpha Edison to join him as co-founder, an e-commerce startup that connects Indonesian buyers and sellers for free. At the same time his father was diagnosed with cancer. William has supported his family since that time.

To pay for college William worked part time. He worked in an internet cafe twelve hours a day until he graduated in 2003. He then worked as a software developer in companies including TelkomSigma and Sqiva Sistem. He later worked as a game developer at Bolehnet. In 2006 Tanuwijaya worked as IT and Business Development Manager at Indocom Mediatama.

William Tanuwijaya (Pematang Siantar November 11, 1981) is an Indonesian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Tokopedia, an Indonesian technology company with a leading e-Commerce business. Tanuwijaya represents Indonesia as Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum. In 2019, he received Satyalancana Wira Karya or Medal of Honor from the President of Republic of Indonesia for his contribution to Indonesia's technology and economic growth.