Yoshito Hori

is a Japanese businessman, author, and venture capitalist. He is the founder and president of Globis University Graduate School of Management. He is also a founding partner of GLOBIS Capital Partners, president of the G1 Institute, president of the KIBOW Foundation, owner of the Ibaraki Robots basketball team, and owner of the Ibaraki Broadcast System.

Education

Hori holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and a B.S. in Engineering from Kyoto University.

Career

GLOBIS University

Hori worked at Sumitomo Corporation from 1986-1992. He attended Harvard Business School in Boston in 1989 and received his MBA 1991. In 1992, with only $8,000 in venture capital and 20 students, he established GLOBIS Corporation and GLOBIS Management School in a rented classroom in Tokyo, offering individual business courses based on the Harvard case study method. In 1996, he established the venture capital group GLOBIS Capital Partners. In 2003, Hori re-envisioned the school to become GLOBIS Management School, which offered the GLOBIS Diploma of Business Administration. In 2006, after attaining university status from the Japanese Ministry of Education, this became the current, accredited GLOBIS MBA. He continued to grow the university with the Part-time MBA Program in English in 2009, followed by online options in 2017. As of 2020, GLOBIS University Graduate School of Management has multiple campuses across Japan, as well as a presence in Singapore (GLOBIS Asia Campus).

G1 Summit

Hori has long stated a passion for strengthening his home country of Japan. In connection with this and inspired by the World Economic Forum, he founded the G1 Summit in 2009 as “a platform for a better Japan.” This evolved into multiple conferences held annually in connection with the G1 Institute, for which Hori serves as president.

Mito Revitalization

Hori has established and supported revitalization efforts in his hometown of Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture. Working with the mayor of Mito, he helped create the Mito Project, an initiative to revive the local area economically through tourism and other activities. In 2016, he purchased the Ibaraki Robots basketball team. In 2019, he became the owner of the Ibaraki Broadcast System.

Project KIBOW

Just days after the destruction of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Hori launched Project KIBOW to help in the efforts to support and rebuild disaster-affected areas. This project grew into what is now the KIBOW Foundation, as well as the venture firm KIBOW Impact Investment. In 2014, he was named a Young Presidents’ Organization Global Impact honoree for his efforts.

Other Activities

Hori has served as a board member and advisor for organizations both in Japan and globally.

* Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Global Advisory Council member (from 2015)
* Keizai Dōyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) board member
* Japan Venture Capital Association board member
* New Asian Leaders Executive Committee for the World Economic Forum
* Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership for WEF
* Global Growth Companies of WEF, co-chair
* Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO), Japan Chapter founder
* YEO Asia Pacific Region, board member
* Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
* YPO - Young Presidents' Organization, Japan Chapter member

Books

* ''Dear Visionary Leaders who Create and Innovate Societies''
* ''Six Dimensions of Life''
* ''My Personal Mission Statement''
* ''The Case-Method Approach to Strategic Entrepreneurship''
*''Venture Management Revolution''
*''100 Actions''

References

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Living people
Japanese educators
Kyoto University alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
Businesspeople from Tokyo
Japanese chief executives
Japanese chairpersons of corporations
1962 births