Photo: Joichi Ito / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Joi Ito is one of those figures whose resume reads like a constellation rather than a line. Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, blogger, academic leader, and now involved in building a mindfulness city in Bhutan, he refuses to sit still. I find his trajectory compelling because he has always positioned himself at the seam between technology and society, asking how tools should serve people. A Kyoto-born, Tufts-educated bridge between East and West, he embodies a restless, generative curiosity. Whatever you make of any single venture, his lifelong instinct to connect ideas and communities is genuinely rare and worth watching.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joi Ito
- Name (Japanese)
- 伊藤穰一
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- June 19, 1966 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse
- Origin
- Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- activist / entrepreneur / venture capitalist / blogger / engineer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Tufts University
Awards & achievements
- 2011 OII Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2017 IRI Medal
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://ito.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/joiito/
- Xhttps://x.com/Joi
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E7%A9%B0%E4%B8%80
Frequently asked questions
When was Joi Ito born?
Born June 19, 1966 (age 60).
Where is Joi Ito from?
Joi Ito is from Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
What does Joi Ito do?
Joi Ito works as activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, blogger, engineer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.