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Mr. Ichirota Kato is Founder Executive Adviser at IDERA Capital Management Ltd.
He founded MK Capital Management Corporation ("MKCM") in September 2001 with an aim to provide international and domestic investors with high quality asset management services, and led the firm to successful IPO at the Tokyo Stock Exchange "Mothers" section in March 2006.
As of November 2012, Mr. Kato resigned from President, and remains as Director and Founder.
As of June, 2013, Mr. Kato resigned from Director.
Mr. Kato has over 25 years of real estate asset management related experience, and is one of the most experienced real estate executives in Japanese market.
Prior to establishing MKCM, he worked for daVinci Advisors as the Chief Investment Officer, and served as a member of Board of Directors for 2 years.
He set up daVinci's management platform during the start-up period of the firm, and the firm building on such strong foundation had become one of the leading asset and fund management companies in Japan until recently.
Prior to daVinci Advisors, he spent 9 years from 1989 to 1998 at Tosei-Shoji Corporation as Executive Vice President.
Mr. Kato received a B.S in Economics from Keio University.
Former positions of Ichirota Kato
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MK Capital Management Corp.
MK Capital Management Corp. Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance MK Capital Management Corp. engages in the asset management business and its auxiliary businesses. It operates in the following divisions: Asset Management, Asset Incubation, and Other. The Asset Management division provides investment proposals and operations management services concerning real estate. The Asset Incubation division invests and develops real estate. The Other division engages in the finance business. The company was founded on September 10, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan | President | 29/04/2012 |
IDERA Capital Management Ltd.
IDERA Capital Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance IDERA Capital Management Ltd. (IDERA Capital ) is the Japanese asset management subsidiary of Marble Holdings KK, itself a subsidiary of Fosun International Holdings Ltd. in the Virgin Islands. The firm was created in 2012 when Ichirota Kato’s MK Asset Management (founded in 2001) merged with Atlas Partners Japan Ltd. (established in 2003) to form IDERA Capital Management Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm provides asset management and fund management services to individual and institutional investors. Their name is an acronym of Investment, Design, Entrepreneurship, Realize and Action which represent their values. | Founder | - |
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MK Capital Management Corp.
MK Capital Management Corp. Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance MK Capital Management Corp. engages in the asset management business and its auxiliary businesses. It operates in the following divisions: Asset Management, Asset Incubation, and Other. The Asset Management division provides investment proposals and operations management services concerning real estate. The Asset Incubation division invests and develops real estate. The Other division engages in the finance business. The company was founded on September 10, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan | Finance |
IDERA Capital Management Ltd.
IDERA Capital Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance IDERA Capital Management Ltd. (IDERA Capital ) is the Japanese asset management subsidiary of Marble Holdings KK, itself a subsidiary of Fosun International Holdings Ltd. in the Virgin Islands. The firm was created in 2012 when Ichirota Kato’s MK Asset Management (founded in 2001) merged with Atlas Partners Japan Ltd. (established in 2003) to form IDERA Capital Management Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm provides asset management and fund management services to individual and institutional investors. Their name is an acronym of Investment, Design, Entrepreneurship, Realize and Action which represent their values. | Finance |
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