Mediagene Inc.
CEO, Co-FounderMotoko Imada

After working in editing, publishing, and overseas copyright negotiations for books and magazines in the publishing industry, Motoko helped launch the Japanese edition of WIRED in 1994 and served as its business manager. She then established her own business and founded the online media company Mediagene Inc. (formerly Infobahn Group Inc.) in 1998 and founded the digital agency Infobahn Inc. in 2015 through an incorporation-type company split. She has been a facilitator at the Keizai Doyukai’s (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) social gatherings since 2022. In 2023, she co-founded TNL Mediagene and became President and COO In 2024, she was appointed as an external director of NOK Corporation.