Hiroshi Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani General Information

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Mr Hiroshi Mikitani is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer, Representative Director & Chairman at Rakuten Group. He served as Board Member at Slice Technologies. He serves as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director at Rakuten Symphony. He serves as a Board Member at AST & Science. He serves as Chief Executive Officer & Vice Chairman of the Board at Rakuten Medical. He also serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board at Rakuten Mobile. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as a Board Member at Kosmos Investment Group. He also serves as President and Chairman at Vissel Kobe. He received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. He has been the Chief Executive Officer since March 2004 and is also the Chairman and Representative Director of Rakuten Baseball. Since October 2011 he has also been the Chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. He also serves as a Chairman at Aspyrian Therapeutics and a Board Member at Genesis HealthCare (Biotechnology). He is also an Angel Investor. He serves as a Board Member at Lyft. He was educated at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo and began his career in investment banking. In 2012, was awarded the HBS Alumni Achievement Award, one of the school's highest honors.