31 Facts About Yoshito Hori

Yoshito Hori was born on March 28,1962 and is a Japanese businessman, educator, and venture capitalist.

Yoshito Hori is the founder and president of Globis Corporation and Globis University Graduate School of Management.

Yoshito Hori is founder and managing partner of Globis Capital Partners, president of the G1 Institute and the Kibow Foundation, and owner of the Ibaraki Robots basketball team and radio broadcaster LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting System.

Yoshito Hori was born in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture on March 28,1962.

Yoshito Hori moved back to Japan during the second grade of elementary school.

Yoshito Hori attended Ibaraki Prefectural Mito First High School in his hometown of Mito, which he graduated in 1981.

Yoshito Hori started his career at Sumitomo Corporation in 1986 where he was in charge of new business development and foreign trade of production-plant facilities.

Yoshito Hori was able to secure sponsorship from his employer in 1989 to study at Harvard Business School.

Yoshito Hori observed how the US provided a fertile business environment for start-ups.

Yoshito Hori set out to replicate a similar environment in Japan by creating an ecosystem of knowledge, people and capital.

Yoshito Hori left Sumitomo in 1992 to start his own business.

Yoshito Hori established Globis Corporation in Japan on August 1,1992 with 800,000 yen in capital.

Yoshito Hori first approached his alma mater about opening a Harvard Business School franchise in Japan but was turned down.

Yoshito Hori started teaching a single marketing course based on the case study method from a small rented classroom in Shibuya, Tokyo.

In 1996 Yoshito Hori founded Globis Capital Partners as a hands-on VC firm to support various startup portfolio companies.

Since founding Globis, Yoshito Hori's goal had been to create a graduate school of management, but the financial and legal requirements to establish a university in Japan proved too difficult.

Yoshito Hori has asserted a pro-nuclear opinion following the Fukushima nuclear accident.

Yoshito Hori is positive on renewable energy but argues a stable and reliable energy supply cannot be achieved in Japan without nuclear power.

Yoshito Hori contends abandoning nuclear power would prompt manufacturers to offshore production, resulting in severe damage to the Japanese economy.

Yoshito Hori has stated ensuring nuclear power plant safety as a key requirement for restarting nuclear reactors.

In 2011 Yoshito Hori got into a heated argument on Twitter with Softbank's Masayoshi Son who he accused of being a "businessman with political contacts" for using the nuclear power phase-out argument to boost Softbank's solar power business.

Yoshito Hori lauded the discussion as a win for Japanese citizens in terms of drawing public interest to Japan's energy policy.

The G1 Institute, which Yoshito Hori serves as president, was established to support an increasing number of annual conferences and initiatives around Japan.

In 2011 Yoshito Hori initiated the 100 Actions project, which aimed to create a future vision for Japan and provide public policy recommendations in the wake of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

In 2013, Yoshito Hori was named a Young Presidents' Organization Global Impact Project honoree for his efforts.

Yoshito Hori has been an ambassador for Ibaraki Prefecture from 2011.

When Yoshito Hori visited Mito in August 2015 for a high school swimming team reunion, he was shocked by the decline of the town he grew up in.

In 2019, Yoshito Hori became the majority owner of LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting System, the only local radio station in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Yoshito Hori received the Medal with Blue Ribbon from the Japanese government for his contributions to society in 2024.

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

Yoshito Hori was the main presenter of BS-TBS's 13 episode Talks on Japan's Future television programme aired in 2013.