PROFILE

Began his career at Salomon Brothers and joined Goldman Sachs in 1990, and became General Partner in 1994 at the age of 30, the youngest ever at that time. He took charge of trading, risk management, capital markets businesses in Asia, and also founded the special situations unit at Goldman. In 1999, he founded Monex which was jointly capitalized with Sony. Monex is listed on the 1st section of Tokyo Stock Exchange where he is presently Chairman & CEO.

Monex Group is a major online financial institution that operates retail online brokerages in Japan, US, China (including Hong Kong), and Australia. Monex acquired Coincheck in 2018, and the crypto-asset business became one of the core pillars of the business segments. In 2020, Monex established Japan Catalyst, an investment advisory arm, to pursue investment returns through engagement with listed companies to stimulate Japanese capital markets. The group has about 1100 employees worldwide with over half of its staffs located in the United States and Central America.

He served as Financial Counsel to the Prime Minister and also as outside directors of several companies including Tokyo Stock Exchange from June 2008 to 2013. He presently is an outside director of Mastercard, Incorporated and also a Vice Chair of Human Rights Watch.