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Hiro Tsukahara is the CEO and co-founder of GMO Registry, established in 2009.
Born in Japan and educated in Boston, he started his first business at 17 and worked in investment firms before joining GMO in 2008. Under his leadership, GMO Registry now manages over 40 TLDs such as .TOKYO, .OSAKA, and several corporate TLDs like .CANON and .HITACHI. In 2025, he also helped launch TAKU, a domain registrar and marketplace targeting emerging markets.
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