Nadiem Makarim

Nadiem Makarim was born in 1984, in Singapore to Nono Anwar Makarimand Atika Algadri. His father Nono is an activist and a famous lawyer of Minang-Arabic descent. While his mother Atika Algadri is a free-lance writer and a descendant of the famous Hamid Algadri, a pioneer of Indonesian independence. Makarim is the current Minister of Education and Culture.