Mr. Yoshito Hori established the GLOBIS Corporation in August 1992 and is a founding partner of Globis Incubation Fund and Apax Globis Japan Fund. Prior to GLOBIS, he worked for Sumitomo Corporation where he was in change of new business development and foreign trade of production plant facilities.
Mr. Hori founded Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) Japan Chapter and became the first board member in charge of the YEO Asia Pacific region. He also served as the first Japanese representative on the World Economic Forum's New Asian Leaders Executive Committee among other positions. Currently, Mr. Hori is serving as a member of the board of the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), the Japan Private Equity Association and the Harvard Business School Alumni Association's Board of Directors, while also participating in other organizations.
Mr. Hori is an author of several books including "Six Dimensions of Life" (Kodansha Ltd.), "Personal Mission Statement" (Toyo Keizai Inc.), "The Case-Method Approach to Strategic Entrepreneurship" (Nikkei Business Publications) and "Venture Management Revolution" (Nikkei Business Publications). He also co-authored "MBA Management Book" (New Edition, Diamond Inc.) and "Career Designs That Succeed" (Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.).
Mr. Hori received a BS in Engineering from Kyoto University in Japan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
