Kaesang Pangarep (born 25 December 1994) is an Indonesian entrepreneur and

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. He is the third and youngest son of 7th Indonesian president Joko Widodo. He graduated from ACS International in

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. He is currently the owner of Liga 1 football club

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Personal life

Kaesang married Indonesian model Erina Gudono in

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, on 10 December 2022.

Career

Entertainment career

He became popular as a blogger called 'diary anak kampung' or 'mister kacang' in 2011. His writing style is considered creative and funny, which explores his personal life and his relation with his family. Since 2016, Kaesang has been active on

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, and many of his videos went viral because of his sense of humor. His YouTube

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have become popular; as of May 2017, he has more than 270,000 subscribers. Because of Kaesang's influence, Jokowi created his own YouTube vlog called #JKWVLOG, which gained popularity after posting Jokowi's lunch with

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. Kaesang also appeared in the Indonesian television show '' Mata Najwa'' to explain his life as the son of Indonesia's president. In 2017, Kaesang released a single song called 'Bersatulah' to promote unity and tolerance among Indonesia's citizens. Kaesang Pangarep made a cameo appearance in the Indonesian movie ''

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Business career

Kaesang is active in the culinary business, owning a chain of banana-centered outlets operating in several cities in Indonesia. He also created a clothing line, featuring images of tadpoles. In addition, he is active as a marketer in a 2017-launched startup called Madhang, which works with culinary

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and households.

Controversies

After creating a video responding to children chanting 'kill

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' in a Ramadan Rally, Kaesang was reported to the police for blasphemy and hate speech. However, the police found no evidence of blasphemy and dropped the case.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaesang Pangarep 1994 births Indonesian YouTubers People from Surakarta Indonesian Muslims Living people Children of national leaders Javanese people Joko Widodo