Takafumi Horie
Entrepreneur, Organization leader
1972 –
Who is Takafumi Horie?
Takafumi Horie is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Livedoor, a website design operation that grew into a popular internet portal. After being arrested on accusations of securities fraud in 2006, he severed all connections with the company. He was granted bail, and the trial began on September 4, 2006. On March 16, 2007, Horie was sentenced to imprisonment of 2 years and 6 months.
He is popularly known as Horiemon due to his resemblance to Doraemon, the chubby robot cat in a popular Japanese cartoon. The name Horiemon was also given to a racehorse he owned, after the name had been chosen by voting on a Livedoor website.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1972
Yame - Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Lived in
- Fukuoka Prefecture
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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