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Hori Yoshito

GLOBIS University / GLOBIS Capital Partners

Founder & President / Founding Partner

A Harvard MBA graduate and former Sumitomo Corporation employee, Mr. Yoshito Hori established GLOBIS Management School in 1992, which gained University status from the Government of Japan in 2006. GLOBIS University is now the largest business school in Japan. Mr. Hori also founded the venture capital firm GLOBIS Capital Partners in 1996. The firm has since managed seven funds with over USD $2 billion. Mr. Hori founded the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Japan Chapter in 1995 and became the first EO board member from Asia. He has also served on the World Economic Forum’s New Asian Leaders Executive Committee and Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership, the Harvard Business School Alumni Board, and the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Center. In 2009, Mr. Hori launched the G1 Summit, which led to the foundation of the G1 Institute in 2013, which has become a leading multi-stakeholder community and think tank to realize a better Japan. Just three days after the Great Tohoku Earthquake in March 2011, he launched Project KIBOW to support the rebuilding of disaster-affected areas. This led to the formation of the KIBOW Foundation and KIBOW Impact Investment, which he leads as president. Mr. Hori serves as an ambassador for his hometown of Mito City and Ibaraki Prefecture. In April 2016, he became the owner of the Ibaraki Robots professional basketball team. In 2019, he purchased Ibaraki Broadcasting System, Ibaraki’s only prefecture-wide media company. In 2022, he established LuckyFes, an annual music festival which attracted more than 60,000 attendants in 2024. For his contributions to society he was awarded the Medal with Blue Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan in 2024. He has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors for Daniel J. Edelman Holdings, Inc. in June 2024.