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  2. Hiroshi Mikitani - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Rakuten - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Rakuten Rewards - Wikipedia

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    Rakuten Rewards was founded as Ebates in 1998 in Menlo Park, California, by two former deputy district attorneys, Alessandro Isolani and Paul Wasserman. [5] Funded by the venture capital firm Foundation Capital, [6] Ebates.com was launched on 3 May 1999, offering up to 25% cash back from about 40 online retailers.

  5. Rakuten.com - Wikipedia

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    Rakuten also launched e-commerce sites in Germany, Brazil, France, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea, Austria, Russia, Canada and the United Kingdom. [15] [21] [22] On September 9, 2014, Rakuten announced the purchase of San Francisco–based online rebate site Ebates.com for $1 billion in cash. The acquisition of Ebates ...

  6. Kobo Inc. - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. List of acquisitions by Rakuten - Wikipedia

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    Rebranded as Rakuten Marketing then as Rakuten Advertising. [1] [2] 2010 PriceMinister: Online retailer France: €200 million [3] 2010 Buy.com: Online retailer United States: US$250 million [4] 2011 Ikeda E-commerce Brazil — Renamed Rakuten Brazil 2011 Tradoria E-commerce Germany — Rebranded as Rakuten Deutschland 2011 Play.com: E-commerce ...

  8. Viber - Wikipedia

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    Rakuten Viber, or simply Viber, is a cross-platform voice over IP (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) software application owned by Japanese multinational company Rakuten, provided as freeware for the Google Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux platforms. [1]

  9. Rakuten Mobile - Wikipedia

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    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]