Was the Executive Vice President, Chief
Strategy Officer and member of the Board of LiveDoor, a leading publically
traded TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange) company in the IT industry; currently an
independent investor; provides investment and strategic business advisory
services for selected companies that includ Netvilage, a Mobile Contents
provider listed in Nasdaq Japan, Astrix Capital Partners, a privately held
venture capital investment firm; hobbies: sports car, go-kart and sailing; was
assigned as fourth space tourist to
Soyuz
TMA-9; but on 21.08.2006 medically grounded and replaced by his backup
Anousheh
Ansari.