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Hitoshi Yoshida

Investor

Venture Partner at ETF Partners

Tokyo, Japan

About

Hitoshi Yoshida has spent over 25 years in senior management roles at IT companies. He is the former President of Microsoft Japan and Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Inc., and previously served as President of Hewlett-Packard Japan, Managing Director for North Asia and President of SAS Institute Japan, President of Novell Japan, and President of Cambridge Technology Partners Japan, with earlier international business development work at ITOCHU Corporation. He is currently CEO of ixi corporation, a Value Accelerator Advisor for Goldman Sachs, and Advisor to the CEO for Focal Point, Inc., and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MSc in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BSc in Computer Science and Music from Tufts University.

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Experience

  1. ETF Partners - The Environmental Technologies FundVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
  2. Goldman SachsOperating Advisor, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Value Acceleratorcurrent2024 — present
  3. Focal Point K.K.Advisor to CEOcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
  4. EQT Partners JapanStrategy Advisorcurrent2023 — presentTokyo, Japan
  5. ixi - Innovate, Transform, Include. Doing it togetherChief Executive Officer, ixi Inc.current2022 — present
  6. MicrosoftPresident and CEO, Microsoft Japan and Corporate Vice President2019 — 2022Tokyo, Japan
  7. WingArc1st Inc.Board Member2018 — 2019
  8. Hewlett Packard EnterpriseManaging Director, Hewlett Packard Japan2015 — 2019Tokyo
  9. SASManaging Director, North Asia and Japan2005 — 2014Tokyo
  10. Cambridge Technology PartnersPresident, CTP Japan and Senior Vice President1995 — 2004Tokyo, Japan

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
  2. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science
  3. Tufts UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science & Music

Skills & more

Business ManagementStrategic ThinkingChange ManagementBoard LevelTeam LeadershipDigital StrategyStrategic PlanningExecutive Management

From Hitoshi's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,572 more

Also attended Tufts University157

Roger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalMatt GersonInvestor at RevolutionAlex MorganInvestor at Khosla VenturesNiko CiminelliInvestor at Khosla VenturesHal PazInvestor at Khosla VenturesClay BergerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 151 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Microsoft626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

+ 620 more

Also worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise212

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 206 more

Also worked at SAS12

Hsien-Hui TongExecutive Director, Investments at SGInnovateDominic GoAssociate at Nomadic Venture PartnersJoshua CommonsInvestment Analyst at Altered CapitalÉric BacqueVP, Sales, Central and Eastern Quebec at Purpose InvestmentsGabriela FranchettoClient Partner at Globant at Globant VenturesAntoinette EdodoInvestor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)

+ 6 more

Also worked at Cambridge Technology Partners1

Fergal MullenPartner at Highland Europe

Colleagues at ETF Partners

Alejandro Diaz Horstmann
Investment Analyst at ETF Partners
Aleksandra Lament
IR & Sustainability Operations Manager at ETF Partners
Alice Chan
Investment Analyst at ETF Partners
Andrew Hoyland
Fund Operations Manager at ETF Partners
Chrissy Sheehan
Office Manager at ETF Partners
Claudio Simao
Venture Partner at ETF Partners
Courtney Glymph
Head of Communications at ETF Partners
Desiree Francois
Executive Assistant at ETF Partners