Career & background
Adamas Belva Syah Devara co-founded Ruangguru with Iman Usman in 2014. His education brings together business, computing and public administration: undergraduate studies at Nanyang Technological University, an MBA from Stanford and an MPA from Harvard. Yale’s institutional profile identifies him as Ruangguru’s chief executive and a member of its World Fellows class of 2022. His career links the practical development of an education business with a wider interest in public access to learning.
Areas of contribution
Ruangguru’s services include learning videos, exercises and tutoring, alongside professional courses and corporate training. During the pandemic, its team introduced free online schooling and support for remote teaching. A December 2020 company account also documents the launch of ruangpeduli, an initiative connecting education-related donors and recipients. These contributions are presented in their historical context, without treating earlier participation figures as current results.
Leadership focus
The connection across Devara’s work is the organisation of learning around different needs: school support, flexible digital access and continuing skills development. Ruangguru’s account of its founding describes an ambition to make quality education more widely available. His profile illustrates how that objective has been pursued through a combination of educational content, technology and services for learners at different stages of life.
The basis of this profile.
This profile brings together factual career information from publicly available sources. References and publication dates are provided below.
Yale Jackson School — Belva DevaraAccessed 9 Nov 2026 · Read the original publicationRuangguru — Founder and education initiatives23 Dec 2020 · Read the original publicationMAN 1 Bantul — Ruangguru Summit 202616 Sept 2026 · Read the original publicationPortrait — Santy8102 / Wikimedia Commons14 Sept 2018 · Read the original publicationPortrait licence — CC BY-SA 4.0Accessed 9 Nov 2026 · Read the original publicationWritten independently and checked on 9 November 2026. Yale supports the education and professional biography; Ruangguru’s dated account supports the founding and pandemic-era initiatives. A September 2026 school report also identifies his CEO role. Historical company user figures are omitted. Portrait: Belva Devara at the World Economic Forum 2018, 14 September 2018, by Santy8102, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original photograph retained; responsive display cropping.
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