Anastasia Tjendri-Liew (Born in 1947, Bangka Island, Indonesia) is the founder and managing director of Bengawan Solo, one of Singapore's bakery franchises.
[1] Bengawan Solo has expanded from a single store to a chain with over 40 locations under her supervision.
[2] Tjendri-Liew grew up in Palembang, Indonesia, as the third of eight children born on the Indonesian island of Bangka.
Her mother was a stay-at-home mom, while her father managed a grocery store.
She excelled at school, generally placed in the top three of her class, but there were limited educational opportunities during her adolescence.