How a homeless high school dropout became CEO of a $1 billion company
Entrepreneur became homeless when he quit high school for band
Min Jeong Lee and Komaki Ito, Bloomberg
Dec. 18, 2020
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Taihei Kobayashi in Tokyo.Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg
Taihei Kobayashi has gone from sleeping on the streets of Tokyo to heading a technology startup whose market value topped $1 billion.
His rags-to-riches story is among the most remarkable to emerge from a small-cap stock boom that’s minting fortunes in Japan. Kobayashi’s company, which helps startups and other firms to design and create new businesses and products, went public in July and its shares have since more than tripled.
How a homeless high school dropout became CEO of a $1 billion company
Entrepreneur became homeless when he quit high school for band
Min Jeong Lee and Komaki Ito, Bloomberg
Dec. 18, 2020
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Taihei Kobayashi in Tokyo.Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg
Taihei Kobayashi has gone from sleeping on the streets of Tokyo to heading a technology startup whose market value topped $1 billion.
His rags-to-riches story is among the most remarkable to emerge from a small-cap stock boom that’s minting fortunes in Japan. Kobayashi’s company, which helps startups and other firms to design and create new businesses and products, went public in July and its shares have since more than tripled.
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How a homeless dropout became CEO of a start-up
By Min Jeong Lee and Komaki Ito / Bloomberg
Taihei Kobayashi has gone from sleeping on the streets of Tokyo to heading a technology start-up whose market value topped US$1 billion.
His rags-to-riches story is among the most remarkable to emerge from a small-cap stock boom that is minting fortunes in Japan. Kobayashi’s company, which helps start-ups and other firms to design and create new businesses and products, went public in July and its shares have since more than tripled.
It is an outcome that few could have imagined two decades ago. As Kobayashi tells it, his parents kicked him out at 17 when he quit a prestigious high school to focus on his band. He played music during the day and mostly slept outdoors, using cardboard boxes to keep warm during freezing winter nights. He was homeless for a year-and-a-half.
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