MASATOSHI HONDA

Landscaping ikigai lifestyle for the next generation. After studying materials engineering at The University of Tokyo, Masatoshi started his career at McKinsey & Company, covering the healthcare, consumer products and high-tech practice. He co-founded GRA&GREEN Inc., a sustainability biotechnology company with researchers in 2017. After graduate studies at Columbia University in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he became a specially-appointed Associate Professor at Kyoto University in 2022. Based in New York, he has been responsible in the strategy of several technology startups. He has been named in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2018, and recognized in other international awards including ACC Creative Awards Gold Medal and St. Gallen Symposium's Leader of Tomorrow. Besides his roles, he served as special advisor and researcher to the Governors of Osaka and Tokyo in 2016, and a junior council of American Museum of Natural History from 2022. He enjoys oil painting and Japanese..