Takuya Matsutani

Takuya Matsutani is the CEO of Project Nippon Ltd., a company he founded in 2004. Under his leadership, Project Nippon has developed a significant database of over 200,000 entrepreneurial-minded individuals and has organized the Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS), which is recognized as the largest open-innovation event in Asia. The ILS facilitates collaboration between startups and major corporations, enhancing opportunities for innovation and business development.

Matsutani's professional background includes launching the Dreamgate Project, an entrepreneurship support initiative backed by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and working at Recruit Holdings, where he focused on recruitment and organizational development. He holds a degree from Ritsumeikan University and has also participated in the Price-Babson Program at Babson College.123