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Yoshitaka Kitao Chairman and CEO Softbank Finance Corporation Yoshitaka Kitao was recruited from Nomura Securities by Softbank's President, Masayoshi Son himself, to take charge of the execution of Softbank's business strategy. He has a strong reputation for his abilities in corporate finance, M&A, and in bringing a global perspective to development and execution of corporate strategy. In addition to his duties as a director at Softbank, Mr. Kitao is also the President of Soft Venture Capital K.K. and a director at J-Sky-B. Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 1951, Mr. Kitao graduated from the Economics Department of Keio University and from the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge University. —From Beijing Internet-networking Institute More Information: http://www.sbfinance.co.jp/english/