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Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷浩史, Mikitani Hiroshi) (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire business magnate and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft.
Rakuten was founded as MDM, Inc. by Hiroshi Mikitani on 7 February 1997. [10] The online shopping marketplace Rakuten Shopping Mall (楽天市場, Rakuten Ichiba) was officially launched on May 1, 1997. [11] The company had six employees and the website had 13 merchants. [12] The name was changed to Rakuten in June 1999. [11]
Razmig Hovaghimian is an American entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of the international online streaming video site Viki, and senior executive officer of global content, board observer and Entrepreneur in residence at Japanese ecommerce company Rakuten. [1]
On January 10, 2013, Rakuten announced the official rebranding of Buy.com to Rakuten.com Shopping, [18] which became effective on January 31, 2013. [19] On the site, rebranded as Rakuten.com, there were a series of unique virtual storefronts for shoppers to browse and connect online, [ 17 ] with the focus on providing high quality, unique ...
The name Viki is a portmanteau of the words video and wiki, drawing on the latter company's use of volunteers for content management. [3] The company won the Crunchie award for best international start-up company in January 2011.
As of March 2010, Indigo Books & Music owned 58% of Kobo Inc. [6] Rakuten acquired the company from these owners in January 2012. [7] [8] On 23 May 2016, Waterstones announced it had sold its eBook business to Rakuten Kobo Inc., and as of 14 June 2016, users were required to access their eBooks via Kobo's eBook site. [9]
Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (commonly known as Rakuten Mobile) is a Japanese mobile network operator (MNO) headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten. Currently, Rakuten Mobile offers 4G [5] [6] and 5G [7] [8] services. In December 2023, it expanded into Europe launching a network in Germany. [9]
Since 2017, its corporate name has been Rakuten Viber. It is based in Cyprus [ 6 ] [ failed verification ] with offices in London , Manila , Moscow , Paris , San Francisco , Singapore , Tokyo , and Beijing .