Joi Ito
- January 18, 2024
- Entrepreneur
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Joi Ito Biography
| Birthday | Jun 19 |
| Birth Year | 1966 |
Joi Ito is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on June 19, 1966 in Kyoto, Japan.
Ito returned to the United States to attend Tufts University as a computer science major, where he met, among others, Pierre Omidyar, later founder of eBay. Deeming his course work too rigid and believing that learning computer science in school was “stupid,” Ito dropped out of Tufts to work briefly for Ovonics. Ovshinsky encouraged him to return to school. He enrolled at the University of Chicago in physics but dropped out when he determined that the program seemed more oriented towards producing practical engineers than teaching an intuitive understanding of physics. In the fall of 1985, Ito became the first student to register for a pioneering program of online courses, offered by Connected Education, Inc., for undergraduate credit from The New School for Social Research.
He and his sister Mizuko Ito, called Mimi, spent summers in Japan with their grandmother, who taught them about traditional Japanese culture. At 14, he returned to Japan, when his mother was promoted to president of Energy Conversion Devices Japan. He studied at the Nishimachi International School and, for high school, the American School in Japan in Tokyo. In that phase of his life, Ito also learned “street language, street smarts, and computers.” One of the few Japanese using modems before networking deregulation reached Japan, in 1985, Ito had found The Source and the original MUD by his teens (and by 26, was working on his own MUD).
Joichi “Joi” Ito (伊藤 穰一 , Itō Jōichi, born June 19, 1966) is a Japanese activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the former director of the MIT Media Lab and a former professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT. He is a former visiting professor of practice at the Harvard Law School.
Joi Ito Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Entrepreneur |
| House | Living in own house. |
Joi is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joi Ito 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
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Who is Joi Ito Dating?
According to our records, Joi Ito married to Mizuka Kurogane. As of January 13, 2024, Joi Ito’s is not dating anyone.
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In recent years, Ito has become critical of what he sees as Japan’s inward focus. He stated in a 2011 interview that he thinks Japan needs to look internationally if it is to continue to be “relevant”.
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Joi Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Joi Ito celebrates birthday on June 19 of every year.
Ito is one of Timothy Leary’s godsons—a close, nontraditional familial relationship that Leary reportedly developed for a few of his friends’ children. Ito’s sister, Mizuko Ito, is a cultural anthropologist, studying media technology use, and the musician Cornelius is his second cousin. Ito currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife Mizuka Ito (née Kurogane). Joi and Mizuka’s daughter, Kio (輝生), was born on May 11, 2017.