Draft:Tetsuzo MATSUMOTO

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He has spent more than 60 years in the business world, including stints at ITOCHU (head of telecom division, etc.), Qualcomm (president of Japan), and SoftBank (executive vice president), where he remains active.

My upbringing and school days (1939 - 1962) He was born in Tokyo in 1939, the youngest of one brother and two sisters.

Employment at ITOCHU Corporation (1962 - 1968) When I visited the scrap iron department of Mitsui & Co. where a senior friend of mine worked, I liked the lively atmosphere. When I talked to my father about it, he said, "I agree with you about trading companies, but you should join ITOCHU or Sumisho," so I ended up joining ITOCHU (Osaka headquarters).

Mergers of communication satellite companies and the establishment of satellite broadcasting companies (1994 - 1995) His greatest accomplishment was the "merger of four trading companies into one through the merger of communication satellite companies" and the "establishment of a direct satellite broadcasting company (today's SKY PerfecTV)" in conjunction with this merger.

The ultimately unavoidable breakup with ITOCHU (1996)

Establishment of Qualcomm Japan (1998 - 1999) The introduction of CDMA to Japan, which had been promoted by Bob Galvin of Motorola and Kyocera (DDI) Chairman Inamori, was a last-ditch effort in which I made a very important contribution. He worked in a consultant capacity until the middle of the project, but was involved in the final stages as president of the newly established Qualcomm Japan K.K.

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