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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]
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.
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]
Renamed Rakuten Brazil 2011 Tradoria E-commerce Germany — Rebranded as Rakuten Deutschland 2011 Play.com: E-commerce United Kingdom: £25 million Converted into the points-based loyalty program Rakuten.co.uk [5] 2012 Kobo: E-book reader Canada: US$315 million Converted into the points-based loyalty program Rakuten.co.uk [6] 2012 Wuaki.tv: VOD ...
H-E-B – Howard Edward Butt (founder's son; turned the family grocery store into a supermarket chain) H. J. Heinz Company – Henry John Heinz H.K. Porter, Inc. – Henry Kirke Porter
Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book. [3] [4]
Yoshisuke Aikawa (1880–1967), founder of Nissan; Takeo Fujisawa (1910–1988), co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Honda; Hirotoshi Honda, founder of Mugen Motorsports; Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Panasonic; Hiroshi Mikitani, founder of Rakuten; Mitsui Takatoshi (1622–1694), founder of Mitsui; Mikimoto Kokichi (1858–1954 ...
In Japan, the video streaming service Rakuten SHOWTIME changed its name to Rakuten TV on July 1, 2017 and has been operating under the new name since then. Rakuten also operates another global video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service called Rakuten Viki which is headquartered in San Mateo, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan ...