Budi Putra

Budi Putra
Born September 12, 1972
Payakumbuh, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Occupation Journalist Writer

Budi Putra (born September 12, 1972 ) is a technology journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is currently working as Chief Executive Officer at The Jakarta Post Digital[1] and as advisor at Singapore-based video streaming company Viki.[2] His previous position is Country Editor at Yahoo! Indonesia.

Prior to joining Yahoo! as Country Editor for Indonesia in October 2009, he was working as editor for Koran Tempo Daily and Tempo Interactive. After resigned from Tempo on March 2007, Budi writes tech posts for SlashPhone and runs a Jakarta-based Asia Blogging Network.

Budi Putra was also a staff writer for English-language CNET Asia and the Jakarta Post. Budi has written four books on technology in Indonesian.

Education

Born in Payakumbuh, West Sumatra of the Minangkabau land, Budi graduated with a BA in History from Andalas University in Padang, West Sumatra and earned a master degree in the Communications Management at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.

Books

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Notes

  1. "Budi Putra joins the Jakarta Post as CEO of Digital". Dailysocial.net. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. "My New role at Viki: Advisor". Budiputra.com. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

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