Shinichi Hosokawa
Shinichi (Shin) Hosokawa is the founder and the largest individual shareholder of GMO Research & AI, Inc. He established the company in 2005 with a vision of sharing the process, system and survey panel with the market research industry in Japan, enabling it to become more efficient. GMO Research & AI is now the leading company offering sampling services with the largest survey panel in Asia. Shin started his career as a diplomat at the Japanese Embassy in Ethiopia. He gained expertise in marketing during his time with Kenwood Corporation in Silicon Valley and KPMG Consulting in Tokyo where he worked within internet research services before founding his own company. Shin has a Global MBA from the Thunderbird Graduate School in Arizona where he majored in Marketing.