Native name 菊川 曉 Name Satoru Kikugawa | Role Entrepreneur | |
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Born July 4, 1965 (age 58) ( 1965-07-04 ) Setagaya, Tokyo Occupation Group CEO of Gala Inc.
CEO of Gala Pocket Inc. Board member of Gala Inc.
Gala Japan Inc.
Gala Lab Corp.
Gala Web Inc.
Gala Pocket Inc. | ||
Satoru Kikugawa (菊川 曉, Kikugawa Satoru) (born July 4, 1965), is a Japanese entrepreneur who is the Group CEO of Gala Inc. which is an Internet business company he founded. Gala Inc. was founded in September 1993 by Kikugawa to create an IT company with the goal of bringing people together from around the world. While at Keio University, Kikugawa was an avid event planner where he would rent out clubs in Roppongi and students could gather. Kikugawa called each event a "Gala". With the expansion of the internet in the early nineties, Kikugawa, inspired by his university events, founded Gala Inc. The company acts as the headquarters for GALA Group with Kikugawa serving as the Group CEO of Gala Inc. and its Group companies.
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