Shintaro Yamada (businessman)

Shintaro Yamada (Japanese: 山田 進太郎, Hepburn: Yamada Shintarō, born 1977/1978) is a Japanese businessman, and the founder, CEO and one-third owner of the online marketplace Mercari.

Shintaro Yamada
Born1977/1978 (age 42–43)[1]
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder, CEO and 1/3 owner of Mercari

Early life

Yamada earned a degree in mathematics from Waseda University.[2]

Career

His first job after university was as an intern at Rakuten, then a little-known e-commerce company, for whom he developed an auction website.[2]

In 2001, he founded Unoh, a games company, that was bought by Zynga in 2010.[2]

Yamada is expected to become a billionaire following Mercari's IPO.[3][4][5]

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References
  1. Alpeyev, Pavel (11 June 2018). "Mercari's top-of-range IPO set to make founder Shintaro Yamada Japan's newest billionaire". Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via Japan Times Online.
  2. Alpeyev, Pavel; Amano, Takashi (18 March 2016). "How $5-a-night hostels led to Japan's first $1 billion startup". Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via Japan Times Online.
  3. "Japanese start-up Mercari's IPO to mint a new billionaire". Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. Alpeyev, Pavel (11 June 2018). "Mercari's top-of-range IPO set to make founder Shintaro Yamada Japan's newest billionaire". Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via Japan Times Online.
  5. "Mercari, Japan's first unicorn, files for $1.1B Tokyo IPO – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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