Summary
Takeyuki Kato is a seasoned HR-tech executive and CEO with nearly three decades of experience building and scaling human resources services at Intelligence/Persol, Japan’s second-largest recruitment group. He has led the launch of six new businesses—from job boards and payroll to joint ventures and consumer apps—and overseen departments of hundreds through company growth from 100 to 50,000 employees. Currently focused on investment-led new business development in HR tech, he combines corporate strategy, M&A/post-merger integration, and hands-on product and service planning. His strengths include organizational design during hypergrowth and identifying strategic partners to accelerate product-market fit. A Hitotsubashi University alumnus, he blends deep sector knowledge with a rare mix of operator, investor, and intrapreneur experience. Less obvious: he has repeatedly navigated major economic shocks (e.g., Lehman collapse) to reorganize products and sales teams for long-term resilience.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Science and mathematics course, Science and mathematics course at Toin Gakuen High School
Commerce, Department of Business Administration, Commerce, Department of Business Administration at Hitotsubashi University
English, Japanese