Takashi Yanagihara

Founder, CEO

Ridge-i Inc.

Founder and CEO, Ridge-i Inc.
Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering. After joining NTT Communications, he worked for major financial institutions such as BlackRock Japan, building high-frequency trading and risk management systems.
2016, Founded Ridge-i with a mission to solve business and social problems using AI.
2023, Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market.
He is a 3-time recipient of ‘the Cabinet Office’s Space Development and Utilization Grand Prize’ and continuing to promote the use of sattelite data with AI.
In his private life, he is a father of four children.
His hobbies include trail running, completing 3 round trips a day on Mt.Fuji.