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Gojek: Leadership Change
Co-founder Nadiem Makarim faces prosecution with 18-year prison sentence demand for alleged US$125.64M procurement fraud involving Chromebook laptops during pandemic while serving as education minister. Case creates significant reputational damage to company and Indonesia's startup ecosystem.
Source: e27
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Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 107.4 (Hot) — down 1.7 versus the prior month — and Asia signal share is steady (+0.3pts).
Gojek: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 47 days.
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