Kobo News and Activities

Kobo is owned by Rakuten.

Rakuten is one of the...

• Forbes Global 2000 (#936);
• Nikkei 225;
• TOB Iconic 10,000;
• Topix.

Rakuten is a company listed under the stock ticker 4755 (JP).

Rakuten has a direct presence in 9 countries.

Rakuten has 22 subsidiaries including Cartera Commerce, Kobo and OverDrive.

They are in:

• Retail35%
• Telecommunications13%
• Other52%

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Most searched biographies at Kobo

• Michael Tamblyn, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Alan MacNevin, Chief Operating Officer
• Trevor Hunter, Chief Technology Officer

Popular executive movements at Rakuten

• Adam Demonaco has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer  (posted on January 22 2025).
• Masayuki Hosaka, Vice Chairman and Representative Director, FinTech Segment Leader and President of FinTech Group Company, will retire on Mar. 25, 2025  (posted on December 13 2024).

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Rakuten has 439 competitors including ByteDance (China), Tencent (China) and ThriftBooks (United States (USA)).

Popular M&A news in Internet

• Infinite Reality has announced the acquisition of Touchcast  (posted on April 25 2025).
• Figma has filed its IPO. Its stock ticker will be . (posted on April 24 2025).
• Motorola Solutions has acquired RapidDeploy (posted on March 4 2025).

Popular contacts in Internet

• Anatoly Yakovenko - Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Solana
• Forrest Li - Chairman of the Board and Group Chief Executive Officer at Sea Group
• Upasana Taku - Co-Founder, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at MobiKwik

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