Joi Ito

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  PhD from Keio University (2018); attended Tufts University, University of Chicago, and The New School without degrees

• Full Name

  Joichi Ito

• Citizenship

  Japan

• Date of Birth

  1966-06-19

• Place of Birth

  Kyoto, Japan

• Current Position

  President of Chiba Institute of Technology

• Primary Occupations

  Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Engineer

Timeline

• Joichi Ito is born in Kyoto, Japan. (Source: Wikidata)

  1966-06-19

• Named to Time magazine's 'Cyber-Elite' listing at age 31. (Source: Web Search)

  1997-01-01

• Selected as one of the 'Global Leaders for Tomorrow' by the World Economic Forum. (Source: Web Search)

  2001-01-01

• Named one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web by BusinessWeek. (Source: Web Search)

  2008-01-01

• Appointed as the Director of the MIT Media Lab. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-01-01

• Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute. (Source: Web Search)

  2011-01-01

• Co-authored the book 'Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future' with Jeff Howe. (Source: Web Search)

  2016-12-01

• Earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance. (Source: Web Search)

  2018-01-01

• Resigned from MIT, Harvard, the New York Times Company, and several foundations following revelations of financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-09-07

Joi Ito

Joichi 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 on the Board of Directors for the Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan where he is also the Chairman of the Gelephu Investment Development Corporation (GIDC). 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. Ito has received recognition for his role as an entrepreneur focused on Internet and technology companies. He notably founded PSINet Japan, Infoseek Japan and Digital Garage of which he is Chief Architect and Board Member. Ito is founder and managing partner of Neoteny and GMJP, an early-stage fund investing in web3 in Japan. He is former board member and CEO of Creative Commons, The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The New York Times Company, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Mozilla Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, and Sony Corporation, and Common Crawl advisory board. Ito wrote a monthly column in the Ideas section of Wired. Following the exposure of his personal and professional financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Ito resigned from his roles at MIT, Harvard, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Knight Foundation, PureTech Health, and The New York Times Company on September 7, 2019.

Web Search Results

• Joi Ito

  Joichi 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 on the Board of Directors for the Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan where he is also the Chairman of the Gelephu Investment Development Corporation (GIDC). 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. [...] Ito is a venture capitalist and angel investor and was an early stage investor in Kickstarter, Twitter, Six Apart, Technorati, Flickr, Wikia, SocialText, Dopplr, Last.fm, Rupture "Rupture (social networking)"), Kongregate, Fotopedia, Diffbot, Formlabs, 3Dsolve and other Internet companies. ### Journalism [edit] [...] Japanese-American entrepreneur | Joi Ito | | Ito in 2007 | | Born | (1966-06-19) June 19, 1966 (age 59) Kyoto, Japan | | Education | Tufts University (no degree) University of Chicago (no degree) The New School (no degree) Hitotsubashi University (no degree) Keio University (PhD) | | Known for | Blogging, Moblogging, Creative Commons, MIT Media Lab, Safecast "Safecast (organization)"), Common Crawl | | Relatives | Mizuko Ito (sister) | | Website | joi.ito.com |

• Joi Ito

  Joichi “Joi” Ito is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer and scholar focusing on the ethics and governance of technology. As an activist, he works to tackle complex problems such as climate change and societal inequity and redesign the systems of scholarship and science. He served as director of the MIT Media Lab from 2011 to 2019. Ito was chairman of the board of PureTech Health and was previously the board chair and chief executive of Creative Commons. He has served on other boards, including at The New York Times Company, Sony Corporation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), The Mozilla Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, and The Electronic Privacy [...] The Open Source Initiative, and The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Ito is co-author with Jeff Howe of Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future (Grand Central Publishing, December 2016).

• Joi Ito

  Joichi “Joi” Ito has been recognized for his work as an activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and advocate of emergent democracy, privacy, and Internet freedom. As director of the MIT Media Lab, he is currently exploring how radical new approaches to science and technology can transform society in substantial and positive ways. Ito has served as both board chair and CEO of Creative Commons, and sits on the boards of Sony Corporation, Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The New York Times Company, and The Mozilla Foundation. Ito’s honors include Time magazine’s “Cyber-Elite” listing in 1997 (at age 31) and selection as one of the “Global Leaders for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum (2001). In 2008, BusinessWeek named him one of the 25 Most [...] (2001). In 2008, BusinessWeek named him one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web. In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet Institute. In 2013, he received an honorary D.Litt from The New School in New York City, and in 2015 an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Tufts University. In 2014, he was inducted into the SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame; also in 2014, he was one of the recipients of the Golden Plate award from the Academy of Achievement.

• Joi Ito's Bio - Joi Ito Home

  He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance in 2018 for his thesis, The Practice of Change. He is a Guest Researcher at Keio University's Cyber Civilization Research Center. His writings, podcasts and other works can be found on his website. Photos Bust Shot Head Shot Short Bio: Joichi "Joi" Ito is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer, and scholar focusing on the transformation of society and technology. Ito is the Chiba Institute of Technology's President and directs the Center for Radical Transformation at CIT. He is also the Co-Founder of Neurodiversity School in Tokyo. [...] # Joi Ito Home 日本語 Bio # Joi Ito's Bio ## (Full name is Joichi Ito or 伊藤穰一) Joichi "Joi" Ito is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer and scholar focusing on the ethics and governance of technology. [...] Ito is the President of the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT), the Chief Architect, Co-Founder and Board Member of Digital Garage and serves on several for-profit and non-profit boards. He is a director of gmjp, an early-stage web3 fund. He is the Director of the Center for Radical Transformation at CIT and Associate Director of the Health Data Architecture Center, and Visiting Professor at the Fujita Medical University. He is an Executive Advisor to the Office of GSC Initiative Promotion of the Cabinet Office of Japan. He is a member of The Digital Society Council of the Digital Agency of Japan and an Advisory Board Member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Demonstration Project for the Construction of Digital Public Goods Using Web 3.0 and Blockchain. He advises numerous

• Joi Ito - MIT Media Lab Overview

  Login Register Work for a Member organization and need a Member Portal account? Register here with your official email address. Past Member # Joi Ito Former Director; Former Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences ##### Contact Information: Personal Website ##### Groups Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) Space Exploration Initiative Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) Space Exploration Initiative ## Joichi "Joi" Ito is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer and scholar focusing on the ethics and governance of technology. As an activist, he works to tackle complex problems such as climate change and societal inequity and redesign the systems of scholarship and science. [...] Ito is the co-founder and a board member of Digital Garage and serves on a number of for-profit non-profit boards. He currently runs Neoteny, an early stage venture capital firm. Ito is also a co-founder of and a board member of the non-profit, Safecast, a primarily volunteer run platform that publishes and advocates for open environmental data. [...] He served as director of the MIT Media Lab from 2011 to 2019. Ito was chairman of the board of PureTech Health and was previously the board chair and chief executive of Creative Commons. He has served on other boards, including at The New York Times Company, Sony Corporation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), The Mozilla Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, and The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Ito was an early investor in many startup companies, including Flickr, littleBits, Optimus Ride, FormLabs, Kickstarter, and Twitter.

• Award

  IRI Medal

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Tufts University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  engineer

• Citizenship

  Japan

• Date Of Birth

  6/19/1966

• Place Of Birth

  Kyoto