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Apr 1, 2024 · Hiroshi Mikitani, who is currently the Chairman and CEO of the Rakuten Group, and the Board of Director of Rakuten Bank, did not participate in the deliberations and resolutions of the Board of Directors of Rakuten Bank relating to the Reorganization.
Aug 30, 2022 · Hiroshi Mikitani’s group is bleeding cash as he tries to enlist shareholders to back online bank IPO
On February 7, 1997, Mikitani founded the e-commerce company MDM, Inc. with three co-founders and US$250,000 of their own money, launching the online marketplace Rakuten Ichiba in Japan on May 1, 1997. The company was renamed Rakuten, Inc. in 1999, and Mikitani took it public on the JASDAQ in 2000.
Jan 1, 2012 · Working with three partners, he developed a platform to help mom-and-pop retail stores sell their products online. Rather than rely on outside investors, Mikitani funded Rakuten with his own money, taking a significant personal risk, and recruited his wife, Haruko (an IBJ colleague), to run the back office.
Jul 12, 2023 · Next month, Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani will take the stage at the Rakuten Optimism conference, his e-commerce firm’s biggest event of the year. Optimism isn’t a word one associates...
Mikitani didn’t want an internet superstore; he wanted something more like a bazaar, where shop owners would curate the merchandise and interact with customers.
4 days ago · Hiroshi Mikitani is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, one of Japan's biggest e-commerce retailers. The firm launched its $5.5 billion mobile service in 2020. In 2021, China's Tencent, Japan...
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