Monday, July 10, 2017

Chicago Booth Alumni Club of Japan to Host Information Session in Tokyo

Hello all, I received the information below from a recent graduate of the Chicago Booth MBA program regarding an upcoming information session hosted by the Chicago Booth Alumni Club of Japan on Sunday July 30th 2017 in Tokyo. More information below.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com


Chicago Booth Alumni-Hosted Information session

Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 9:30 AM until 12:00 AM (Reception opens at 9:10 AM)

Tokyo Nihonbashi Tower 5F
2-7-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 103-0027
Japan

Join alumni for an information session in Tokyo. Hear the unique stories of our alumni keynote speakers Mr. Masaru Kato, ’82, former CFO of Sony Corporation, and Mr. Hirokazu Morita, ’13, co-founder CEO of Fm Inc. In addition to the keynote addresses, Booth alumni and incoming students from various fields will answer questions from attendees. This information session will be held in Japanese.

"The Booth MBA doesn't teach you what to think, it teaches you how to think. If you know how to think, no matter what problem you have at hand, you are going to be able to solve it."
 Guillaume Piard, ’15, Founder and CEO, Nalo

Keynote speakers

Masaru Kato, ’82, Chairman of Sony Music Foundation and former CFO of Sony Corporation
During his business career at Sony extending over 38 years, Mr. Kato served various positions including board director, representative corporate executive officer and vice chairman of the Sony group.

Hirokazu Morita, ’13, co-founder CEO of Fm Inc.
After working at METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Mr. Morita co-founded Fm Inc., which develops rental and sales service of contemporary art and cloud service of 3D VR.

Alumni and incoming students from various fields including, manufacturing, IT, education and finance (banking, investment management, and private equity) will join the conversation.

Cost
Free

Registration

Yugo Fujinami, ‘14
Yuri Hamamura, ‘16
Nobu Kawai, ‘17 (Inquiry)