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Joichi Ito

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Joi Ito (Japanese: Ito Joichi/Ito Joichi, Romanized: Itō Jōichi, born June 19, 1966), commonly known as Joi Ito, is a Japanese activist, entrepreneur and venture capital, an important figure in the popularization of the Internet in Japan. He is currently the director of the MIT Media Lab. As an entrepreneur, I pay attention to Internet and technology companies and establish some companies, such as Japan PSINet, Digital Garage and Japan Infoseek. He also established a blog, wiki and IRC channel. Joichi Ito is the CEO of Creative Commons and a co-partner of Neoteny Labs.

Category
Entrepreneurs
Nationality
United States
Born
1966-06-19
Wikidata
Q934616
Occupations advocateentrepreneurBloggerengineer
Aliases Joi ItoJoichi ItoJoichi ItōJoichi Ito

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