Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
Speaker - Shinichiro Ishikawa

Vision to Venture - "From Consulting in Hi-Tech to Entrepreneur in Entertainment"

President and CEO, GDH

Mr. Ishikawa joined Boston Consulting Group Inc. in 1991 and in 1995 attended the MBA program at INSEAD (the European Institute of Business Administration), graduating on the Dean's List. Rejoining BCG, he became a project manager in 1997 and until leaving BCG in 1999, handled a number of projects primarily in high-tech, telecommunications and media convergence areas, with project scope of corporate strategy, new businesses development and global alliance.

As founder of the company, Mr. Ishikawa became president of Digimation K.K in 1999.
GONZO DIGIMATION HOLDING K.K. (GDH) was established as a result of merger with Gonzo in February 2000, and he became Chief Opererating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. In 2001, Mr. Ishikawa became president and CEO of GDH group and has been overseeing the GDH group since that time.

Mr. Ishikawa holds MSc in Physics from Tokyo University (Cosmology and Astrophysics).

Company Profile
GDH group is a global organization that provides global-leading content for traditional media and the next generation platforms, initiated from ‘cool Japan’ concepts, such as animation and game.
GDH serves as the umbrella organization for a number of leading animation and online game companies worldwide with offices/subsidiaries in Tokyo, LA, London, Paris, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, and Shanghai.
GDH’s main brand GONZO is known as a leading edge anime producer which constantly creates ‘cool Japan’ animation concepts distributed worldwide. GONZO ROSSO is an online game brand which operates in pan-Asian territories.
http://www.gdh.co.jp

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