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Shareholder Composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Company Name<\/th>\n Rapidus Corporation<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Location<\/th>\n 4-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Kojimachi Diamond Bldg, 102-0083<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Founded<\/strong><\/th>\n August 10, 2022<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Capital
(as of Nov. 2022)<\/strong><\/th>\n 		7,346 million yen (includes capital reserves)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Fiscal Year-End<\/th>\n December 31<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n
Management<\/th>\n Tetsuro Higashi<\/b>, Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Jun. 1996-<\/dt>
President and CEO, Tokyo Electron, then became Chairman Emeritus in 2019 after being appointed Chairman and Corporate Advisor<\/dd><\/dl>
Jul. 2019<\/dt>
Chairperson, Tsukuba Innovation Arena (TIA) (resigned in Mar. 2023)
Chairman,Semiconductor and Digital Industry Strategy Review Conference<\/dd><\/dl>
Dec. 2022<\/dt>
Chairman, Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC)<\/dd><\/dl>\n\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Atsuyoshi Koike, Ph.D.,<\/b> CEO
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Oct. 1999<\/dt>
General Manager, Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits Group, Hitachi<\/dd><\/dl>\n
Jun. 2002<\/dt>
President, Trecenti Technologies<\/dd><\/dl>\n
Apr. 2018<\/dt>
President, Western Digital Japan
\nSenior Vice President, Western Digital Corporation (resigned in Sept. 2022)<\/dd><\/dl>\n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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