Yasunobu Kyogoku General Information

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Mr. Yasunobu Kyogoku is the Founding Partner of Innovation Global Capital. Mr. Kyogoku is also an advisor to ItoEn Co. Ltd., the $4 billion revenue beverage company. As Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Executive Management Committee of the $36 billion company Fast Retailing Co. Ltd., Mr. Kyogoku's acquisitions created the largest affordable luxury apparel group in the world. As Chief Operating Officer of Uniqlo USA, Mr. Kyogoku played a pivotal role in developing the Uniqlo brand from a single New York store into a national phenomenon. At Mori Building, Mr. Kyogoku helped create one of Japan's first real estate investment trusts, now worth several billion dollars. After graduating from Columbia University, Mr. Kyogoku attended graduate schools at Oxford University and Tokyo University. He began his career at the management consultancy Bain & Company. He has appeared frequently in print and on television, including CNBC, CBS, Bloomberg, Fox Business, Financial Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nikkei, WWD, and local TV affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox. He is a trustee of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Ballet, and the San Francisco Zoological Society.