Kazuto Ataka, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), LINE Yahoo
After spending 11 years at McKinsey engaged in a wide range of product and business development as well as brand revitalization, he joined Yahoo in 2008 and served as CSO for 10 years starting in 2012. Since 2022, he has been a Senior Strategist at Z Holdings (now LINE Yahoo Corporation). He has been teaching at Keio University SFC since 2016 and has held his current position since fall 2018.
He is a board member of the Japan Data Scientist Society and Chair of the Skill Definition Committee. He is also the representative of the General Incorporated Association “A Future Worth Leaving Behind.” He has participated in numerous national committees related to science and technology, as well as data and AI.
He holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Yale University. His publications include Start with the Issue (Eiji Press), Shin Nihon (NewsPicks), and The Hope of the “Valley of the Wind”: Creating a Future Worth Leaving Behind (Eiji Press), among others.
