Kenji Kasahara
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese entrepreneur
who founded mixi
, a social networking site. He is currently ranked as the 37th richest Japanese person.
1999: (23 years old)
2004: (28 years old)
2008: (32 years old)
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
who founded mixi
Mixi
mixi, Inc. is one of several social networking websites in Japan, founded in 2004. As of May 2008, mixi had over 21.6 million users and an 80% share of the social networking market in Japan...
, a social networking site. He is currently ranked as the 37th richest Japanese person.
Timeline
1997: (21 years old)- Created the job information website Find Job!.
1999: (23 years old)
- Founded eMercury Inc.
2004: (28 years old)
- Launched the Social network serviceSocial network serviceA social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user , his/her social...
mixiMiximixi, Inc. is one of several social networking websites in Japan, founded in 2004. As of May 2008, mixi had over 21.6 million users and an 80% share of the social networking market in Japan...
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2008: (32 years old)
- He climbed onto 37th of Japan's 40 Richest. ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
reported Kasahara as having $740 million.