Winston Utomo

Winston Utomo
Born	(1990-11-23) November 23, 1990 (age 33) Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Education	University of Southern California
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	IDN Media
Title	Founder and CEO of IDN Media
Awards	Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2017

Winston Utomo (born 23 November 1990 in Surabaya, Indonesia) is an Indonesian businessman and the founder and chief executive officer of IDN Media.^[1]

Early life and education

Winston Utomo was born and raised in Surabaya. He is the elder brother of William Utomo.^[2] Winston studied undergraduate at the University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business and Master's at Columbia University in New York with magna cum laude honors.^[3]

Career

After completing his master's degree, Winston continued his career by working at Google in Singapore. While working there, Winston got the inspiration to establish a media company targeting the millennial and gen z generations in Indonesia. IDN Media was founded on June 8, 2014.^[4] Together with William Utomo, Winston grew IDN Media to become one of the largest technology media companies in Indonesia.^[5]^[6]

Since its founding, IDN Media has received five series of funding, the latest being Series D funding. IDN Media, which at that time was still known as IDN Times, received its first seed investment funding on September 7, 2015, from East Ventures.^[7] The following year, on September 5, 2016, IDN Media obtained Series A funding from North Base Media and several other investors, such as GDP Venture (Djarum), East Ventures, and a film company in the United States, MNM Creative.^[8]

On November 21, 2017, IDN Media received Series B funding from East Ventures and Central Exchange Hong Kong.^[9]^[10] Afterwards, on January 8, 2019, IDN Media obtained Series C funding from EV Growth, a venture company which is a combination of East Ventures, Sinar Mas, and Yahoo! Japan, Charoen Pokphand, and LINE Venture.^[11]^[12]

On June 6, 2022, IDN Media received Series D funding from Mayapada and KMIF (an investment company from several large Indonesian conglomerate groups). Other investors are East Ventures, OCBC NISP Ventura, Dentsu Group, and V Media Ventures.^[13] This makes IDN Media one of the largest media companies in Southeast Asia.

Awards and recognition

Winston is the leader of Global Shapers Jakarta by World Economic Forum.^{[citation needed]} He was also awarded in the 2022 Gen.T List by Tatler Asia.^[14]

References

^ "Keisengan Winston Utomo Lahirkan Media Daring Terhits untuk Generasi Y dan Z". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
^ "Winston Utomo – Pendiri IDN Times Media - Biografi dan Kisah Sukses Tokoh Dunia". 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
^ "Winston Utomo – Pendiri IDN Times Media - Biografi dan Kisah Sukses Tokoh Dunia". 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
^ Diandri, Reyhan. "Winston Utomo Cerita Awal Bisnis Media hingga Sukses Sebagai Milenial". detikcom (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
^ "Mimpi Utomo Bersaudara agar Indonesia Dihormati Dunia Melalui IDN - Startup Katadata.co.id". katadata.co.id (in Indonesian). 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ "Delve Into Utomo Brothers's Vision Empowering Indonesian Creators". medcom.id (in Indonesian). 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ Menur, Anisa. "IDN Media raises Series A to become the forefront news portal for Millennials and Generation Z". e27. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ Menur, Anisa. "IDN Media raises Series B funding round from East Ventures, Central Exchange". e27. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ "Indonesia's IDN Media secure Series B funding". Digital News Asia. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ Akhaya, Prisca. "Indonesia's online media company IDN Media secures Series C funding round from EV Growth". e27. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ "IDN Media secures series C investment, eyes millennial and Gen-Z audience". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ Asia. "Winston Utomo". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2024-01-18.

IDN Media

Founded by Winston Utomo and William Utomo

Digital
media

Regional bureau	IDN Times Jatim (East Java) IDN Times Bali (Bali) IDN Times Sulsel (South Sulawesi) IDN Times Sumut (North Sumatra) IDN Times Jabar (West Java) IDN Times Kaltim (East Kalimantan) IDN Times Jogja (Yogyakarta) IDN Times Jateng (Central Java) IDN Times Banten (Banten) IDN Times Sumsel (North Sumatra) IDN Times Lampung (Lampung) IDN Times NTB (West Nusa Tenggara)