Rakuten, our parent company, was ranked #7 on Forbes list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Rakuten, CEO and Founder, Hiroshi Mikitani leads the company with the mentality of becoming the world’s largest e-commerce company. In many articles he is quoted speaking of his plans to “Beat Amazon.”
Forbes list of the World’s Most Innovative companies is based on how well companies leverage people, process and philosophies. When evaluating the innovation rank of people, the behavior of the leader of the company is crucial, the more disruptive the better. Rakuten Leader Hiroshi Mikitani is just that, always moving forward with aggressive globalization plans, implementing the Rakuten Way as a model for the future, and complete “Englishnization.”
Read the full list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
Here are a few articles as of late about Hiroshi Mikitani and his plans for Rakuten:
- Mission Impossible: How Rakuten Billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani Plans To ‘Beat Amazon’ - tweet article
- Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani On Amazon, Pinterest And Fixing Japanese Business - tweet article
-Forbes Video Network – Hiroshi Mikitani: Can Rakuten Fix Japanese Business? – tweet video
-Rakuten’s CEO Mikitani Talks About Future of E-Commerce and Why He Made That $50 Million Pinterest Bet (Video) - tweet article
- Summary of Feature in Wired UK September Issue - tweet article
Krystyna Lijek
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