Not to be confused with football coach Takafumi Hori.
Takafumi Horie
Horie in 2021
Born
(1972-10-29) October 29, 1972 (age 51)
Yame, Fukuoka, Japan
Other names
Horiemon
Alma mater
Kurume College Affiliated Middle – High School
Occupation(s)
Entrepreneur, writer, investor, tarento
Known for
Livedoor
Takafumi Horie (堀江 貴文, Horie Takafumi, born October 29, 1972) is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Livedoor, a website design operation that grew into a popular internet portal. After being arrested and charged with securities fraud in 2006, he severed all connections with the company. His trial began on September 4, 2006. On March 16, 2007, Horie was sentenced to imprisonment of 2 years and 6 months.
He is popularly known as Horiemon (ホリエモン) due to his resemblance to Doraemon, the chubby robot cat in a popular Japanese cartoon.[1] The name Horiemon was also given to a racehorse he owned, after the name had been chosen by voting on a Livedoor website.
^Shimizu, Kaho (January 25, 2006). "Fans liked how Horie lived on the edge". Japan Times. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
TakafumiHorie (堀江 貴文, HorieTakafumi, born October 29, 1972) is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Livedoor, a website design operation that grew into...
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can take action. The first time I met him was at a party hosted by TakafumiHorie in 2013, and when he told me that his goal at the time was "I want to...
party. Among the most publicized candidates was maverick businessman TakafumiHorie, who ran as an independent (with tacit LDP backing) against Kamei in...
services company, proposed purchasing the Buffaloes. Livedoor President TakafumiHorie confirmed that if Livedoor was to purchase the team, the Buffaloes would...
Prefecture. He is well known for falsely accusing the former Livedoor CEO TakafumiHorie of bribing the Liberal Democratic Party. Nagata secured a B.S. from...
group's capital structure, won a hostile takeover bid for Livedoor led by TakafumiHorie, and established Fuji Television Network as an operating holding company...
sell orders and is forced to stop trading. January 23 - Livedoor CEO TakafumiHorie and three other company officials are arrested and placed in detention...
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with four other Diet members. Despite facing the popular businessman TakafumiHorie in the 2005 election, he won reelection for the tenth time. On 16 September...
club. However, on March 15, 2006, the former president of Livedoor, TakafumiHorie, was charged with a breach of the Securities Trading Law (証券取引法, Shōken...
sued by Japanese entrepreneur TakafumiHorie for fraud. The amount mentioned was $49 million, allegedly provided by Takafumi to run the company. It is alleged...
and Tetsuo Hara (Fist of the North Star), then editor-in-chief Nobuhiko Horie and the magazine editorial team. The best five received prize awards while...
one would be allowed to join the following season. That same month, TakafumiHorie, president of the internet services company Livedoor, established a...
character who tried to acquire the daikon field. (This is reference to TakafumiHorie and his company Livedoor which was in the news with a recent stock scandal...
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