Portrait of Kenji Kasahara

Rank #3120

Kenji Kasahara

Net worth $1.0B

social network · Japan

Born
Dec 06, 1975
Age
50
Source
social network
Residence
Tokyo
Citizenship
Japan
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tokyo University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Kenji Kasahara founded social networking site Mixi in 2004; it went public in 2006.
  • In 2013 Mixi was losing customers and investors as competitors raced ahead.
  • Kasahara stepped down as CEO but stayed on as chairman.
  • He refocused the business on mobile gaming, e-commerce, dating and apartment hunting.
  • Mixi's popular Monster Strike game has been downloaded tens of millions of times.

Financial assets

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