On 11/21, Professor Neeley is having Rakuten Englishnization case study in her class and a group of Rakuten employees, including our CEO, Mickey, are joining her sessions. With this opportunity, we are organizing Rakuten company briefing in the evening and we would like to send an invitation to you! Rakuten has enjoyed great HBS grads to work with us and we would like to share what unique opportunities Rakuten offers for new HBS students at our company briefing.
Our long-term goal is to become the No.1 global internet services company, Rakuten’s business model is very unique and transferable worldwide. Here are some key facts about us:
• Rakuten menders: 82 million members. • Number of countries and regions where Rakuten deploys EC/Internet businesses: 20 countries/regions. • Number of business units within Rakuten: over 40 business units. • Gross transaction volume in Japan: 4 trillion yen. • Number of Rakuten Ichiba merchants: over 40,000 merchants. • Cross-use ratio: over 50%. • Share of Japanese online retail market: nearly 30%.In order to drive continued growth, Rakuten requires top talent like you. With opportunities across Asia, Europe, and the U.S. in Rakuten, we encourage you take a look at our corporate website; http://global.rakuten.com/corp/. Rakuten offers MBA unique opportunities that is a customized development track designed to bridge the gaps between your current experience and the experience needed for success as a future Rakuten leader.
Again, I want to extend a personal invitation since we will be on campus November 21st, 2013 for our company presentation with our executive members. It will be a great opportunity for you to learn more about our company as well as our opportunities:
Rakuten company briefing on 11/21 Time: 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM Location: Aldrich 8 Participants from Rakuten:*Hiroshi Mickey Mikitani (HBS‘93): Founder, Chairman & CEO of Rakuten, Inc. might attend this company briefing after Englishnization case study sessions*
Masatada Seichu Kobayashi (HBS AMP181): Co-Founder, Senior Executive Officer & Director of Rakuten, Inc. President and CEO of Rakuten USA and Rakuten.com (formally known as buy.com)
- Yasuhisa Yaz Iida (Nihon University MBA ‘04): Executive Officer & Vice Executive Director at Rakuten Inc. President and CEO of Rakuten Linkshare. Global CEO at Rakuten Marketing.
- Koichi Noda (HBS ’98): Executive Officer of Rakuten Inc., Global Human Resources Department
- Chika True-Daniels, myself (Tuck ’13): Manager of Talent Acquisition Group, Global Human Resources Department
*Please check Career Hub for more information and sign up for the event.
