He is best known as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sugar Group Companies, which means Gunawan Jusuf oversees a collection of Indonesia-based companies that grow and refine sugar for the purposes of creating a variety of sugar products, many of which are enormously popular.

In addition to a number of plantations and refineries throughout Indonesia, Sugar Group Companies operates from nearly a dozen offices located throughout Indonesia. That is why it seemed natural that Gunawan Jusuf published a book in early 2016 entitled Blue Gold, which includes a frank discussion regarding the relative scarcity and the high value of water as our most important and precious commodity. Given his business background, Gunawan understands better than most how precious and valuable natural resources can be. 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 created an atmosphere that has produced enormous growth 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. It is a collection of businesses that operate independently, at the same time they work as a crucial part of the larger group. Every business works in concert, so as to reach the goals of the overall company. It is that ability to make sure that every employee, subsidiary company and each of the various offices and plants are all working together that marks Gunawan Jusuf’s greatest accomplishment as Sugar Group Companies’ leader.