Overview
Prior to joining YCP, Masa was Co-President (Co-Founder) of Frontier Management Inc. (FMI) for 17 years. Before founding FMI, he worked for the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, a special-purpose vehicle wholly owned by the Japanese government, where he was involved in the formulation of revitalization plans for Kanebo (Japan's second largest cosmetics company at the time) and Daiei (Japan's largest retail conglomerate at the time), and served as a director of both companies and was involved in the implementation of their revitalization plans. Previously, he spent over 10 years as an equity analyst in the retail and consumer sectors at Nomura Research Institute and UBS Securities Japan. He was also Head of Equity Research at UBS Securities Japan.
Expertise
General Consumer Goods, Retail, Restaurant, and Private Equity
Education
- BA in Economics, University of Tokyo
