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  1. When Hiroshi Mikitani decided, at age 31, to leave a good job at the Industrial Bank of Japan in Tokyo to start a company, he raised more than a few eyebrows. In Japanese culture, where the group is favored above the individual, entrepreneurship is a rare career choice.

  2. Jan 1, 2012 · Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993. Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. • Download Mikitani profile (pdf) • Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page. In 1995, the city of Kobe, where Hiroshi Mikitani grew up, was devastated by what was then one of the worst earthquakes in Japan’s history.

  3. Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷浩史, Mikitani Hiroshi) (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire business magnate and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft .

  4. Jan 23, 2018 · On March 1, 2010, Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder and CEO of Rakuten, a Japan-based e-retailer, announced that henceforth English would be the official language of the company’s 10,000 employees.

  5. hiroshi mikiTani. Chairman and Ceo, rakuTen, inC. ball team. With 10,000 employees worldwide, rakuten currently has a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion. it is the num-ber one e-commerce company in Japan and competes globally with the likes of Amazon.com and eBay.

  6. www.forbes.com › profile › hiroshi-mikitaniHiroshi Mikitani - Forbes

    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.

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  8. Aug 7, 2023 · Hiroshi Mikitani, whose Rakuten Group is losing billions of dollars to break into Japan’s wireless market, said he’s devoting a fifth of his time to a U.S.-based biotech startup for cancer...

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