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Yi Ren

SmartNews, Inc.

Chief Strategy Officer

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He was born in China, raised in Japan, and currently resides in the United States. After graduating from the University of Tokyo with a master's degree, he worked in consulting at Dream Incubator Inc. before joining DeNA Co., Ltd. He was responsible for launching, expanding, and bringing the China business to profitability from scratch as the local CEO, and also led globalization efforts as an executive officer at the headquarters. Subsequently, he joined SmartNews with the goal of creating a tech global company from Japan. After handling Corporate affairs for the company's growth, he is now in charge of overall business operations.

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