Shunji Sugaya
$989.57M
as of 02/25/21
About Shunji Sugaya
Shunji Sugaya founded Optim, the cloud and remote working service provider, in 2000.
Optim listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers section for startups in 2014 and moved to the First Section the next year.
The company posted over $63 million in revenue in the fiscal year ended in March 2020 and about $1 million in net profit.
Working from home during the coronavirus pandemic spurred demand for Optim's remote working tools, boosting its stock price.
Personal stats
Citizenship
JapanSource of wealth
technologyResidence
Tokyo, JapanBirth date
06/13/76 (age 48)Education
Bachelor of Agriculture, Saga UniversitySelf-made
self-madeShunji Sugaya’s fortune is worth
16K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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Did you know?
In 2000, Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son offered to buy out his startup idea, but Sugaya turned him down because he wanted to set up his own business.
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TOKYO | 3694-JP
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