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明石 信之

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投資委員, FreakOut Shinsei Fund

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FreakOut Shinsei Fund
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投資委員
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

After working at a system development company, joined Yahoo Japan Corporation in 2000. Worked on developing Yahoo! JAPAN's ad delivery platform, big data platform and billing system. After a secondment to Yahoo! Inc. in the US, serving as head of ad system development, and large acquisition deals, became CTO of Yahoo Japan Corporation in April 2009 and Senior Fellow in October 2013. In January 2014 became Executive Officer of FreakOut Inc. In January 2017 became Executive Officer of FreakOut Holdings, Inc. In October 2019 became Freakin' GovTech and Investment Partner of FreakOut Holdings, Inc. Since November 2019 has been a Digital Transformation Fellow of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, serving as an advisor to strategically and intensively promote initiatives for Tokyo's growth.

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