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Joi Ito

1966 - Today

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Joichi "Joi" Ito (伊藤 穰一, Itō Jōichi, born June 19, 1966) is a Japanese entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the President of Chiba Institute of Technology. He is a former director of the MIT Media Lab, former professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT, and a former visiting professor of practice at Harvard Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joi Ito has received more than 697,372 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joi Ito is the 716th most popular businessperson (down from 623rd in 2019), the 1,841st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,688th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Joi Ito ranks 716 out of 847. Before him are Andrew Ng, Eugene Roshal, Cyril Abiteboul, Michael Widenius, Igor Ashurbeyli, and Benoît Potier. After him are Zablon Simintov, Tory Burch, Jérôme Kerviel, Cameron Mackintosh, Terje Hauge, and Katherine Maher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Joi Ito ranks 476. Before him are Shin Seung-hun, Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, David Mackenzie, Timur Kulibayev, Artis Pabriks, and Michiko Matsuda. After him are Rik Smits, Andrea Temesvári, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mário Centeno, Yūko Minaguchi, and Andy Richter.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Joi Ito ranks 1,841 out of 6,245. Before him are Yū Aoi (1985), Yoshiro Moriyama (1967), Christopher Zeeman (1925), Saori Hayami (1991), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), and Michiko Matsuda (1966). After him are Yūko Miyamura (1972), Kenshi Yonezu (1991), Shogo Taniguchi (1991), Naomi Munakata (1955), Hidemasa Morita (1995), and Seigo Narazaki (1976).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Joi Ito ranks 24. Before him are Kaz Hirai (1960), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), Hiro Matsushita (1961), Hiroshi Mikitani (1965), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), and Maki Kaji (1951). After him are Shuhei Yoshida (1964).

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