Bobby was born on 5 July 1991 in
Medan,
North Sumatra. He was the youngest of three siblings in a
Mandailing Batak family. His father, Erwin Nasution, was the president and director of the state-owned plantation company . He received his primary education in
Pontianak,
West Kalimantan, before going to middle and high school in
Bandar Lampung. Bobby then studied
agribusiness in university, graduating with a
bachelor's and
master's degrees from the
Bogor Agricultural Institute. After graduating, Bobby began working in
real estate in 2011. He began renovating and reselling homes, and became involved in the Malioboro City project in
Yogyakarta. In 2014, he briefly worked as a manager for the football club
Medan Jaya. Two years later, in 2016, he joined the Takke Group—a real estate company—and became its marketing director. He also held shares in the company. == Political career ==