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Doug Shinsato is a Japanese-American who spent a major part of his business career in Japan.  He has an MBA from the University of Southern California and a JD from Stanford Law School.

 

As a "hobbyist historian," he co-translated the autobiography of Mitsuo Fuchida, leader of the Imperial Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor.  He has also worked on the translation into Japanese of Elaine Fischel's Defending the Enemy: Justice for the WWII Japanese War Criminals.  He recently published 101 Lesser Known Facts Related to the Attack on Pearl Harbor. 

 

Doug is Managing Director and co-founder of Anthill Ventures in India and Singapore.  Anthill is a leading technology incubator of companies based in Hyderabad.  He is also involved in mobile payments projects that offers secure, easy-to-use and inexpensive money transfer systems in our fast-growing world of digital wallets.  He is an advisor to Heyou Media, a mobile-first web drama production company founded by the actor, Tom Skerritt, and the independent film producer, Larry Estes. He serves on the international advisory board of Via Venture Partners, a technology investment firm based in Europe. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, and South Africa Broadcasting. 

 

 

www.dougshinsato.com


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