Following the pioneering success of his plywood business and subsequent diversified businesses in resource manufacturing in Indonesia such as palm oil, self-made billionaire Sukanto Tanoto[REF] and his wife Tinah Bingei funded the construction of a kindergarten and elementary school in Besitang, North Sumatra in 1981 [REF].
The Tanoto Foundation is privately funded by the family of Sukanto Tanoto.