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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]
In some cases, it was alleged that the victims' names, social security numbers, dates of birth and credit card information were used to open accounts at other online vendors. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In response, Rakuten.com issued a statement that the company had undertaken significant measures to validate the security of the site, and that a third-party ...
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]
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]
While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time. 2006: America Online drops its old name to officially become AOL and no longer charges for email services ...
Djamel Agaoua became Viber Media CEO in February 2017, replacing co-founder Marco who left in 2015. [26] In July 2017 the corporate name of Viber Media was changed to Rakuten Viber and a new wordmark logo was introduced. [27] Its legal name remains Viber Media, S.à r.l. based in Luxembourg.
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 ...