Globis

Globis is a Japanese private business-education company founded in Tokyo in 1992 by entrepreneur Yoshito Hori. The organization began with capital of ¥800,000 and developed into a broader business group spanning graduate education, executive and corporate training, publishing, and venture capital. Its principal education operation is the Graduate School of Management, Globis University, while Globis Capital Partners operates as a separate but related investment arm within the wider Globis group. The company’s education activities are aimed at developing practical management capabilities for working professionals, corporate employees, and graduate students. The group provides business courses and corporate education solutions, and its programs are used by Japanese companies as part of professional development and management training. According to the referenced Wikipedia material, more than 473,000 professionals and approximately 3,300 corporate clients use Globis corporate-education solutions annually. These figures describe the scale of the group’s training activities, although the source does not provide a detailed breakdown by program, geography, or customer type. Globis University’s Graduate School of Management is a major component of the brand. The school combines graduate-level management education with the group’s practical orientation toward business skills. The cited material describes it as Japan’s largest graduate business school and reports total enrollment of 2,525 students with an annual intake of 1,000 students in 2024. These figures apply to the university operation rather than to Globis as a whole. Publishing is another established part of the organization. Globis has produced business-management books covering subjects associated with management practice and professional development. The reference material reports 143 published business-management titles with combined sales of 3.77 million copies. Specific titles, authors, publication dates, and current sales figures are not identified in the available material. The group also includes Globis Capital Partners, a hands-on Japanese venture-capital firm founded in 1996 by Yoshito Hori. It has invested in Japanese companies including Mercari, Gree, and SmartNews. The referenced source reports that the firm had a cumulative fund size exceeding ¥180 billion in the cited account, while another passage identifies a figure above ¥160 billion for 2022. Because the available source presents different figures in different contexts, no single current fund-size figure is treated here as definitive. Globis Capital Partners is best understood as a related group company rather than as a conventional education product. Internationally, Globis maintains subsidiaries or operating entities in Bangkok, Brussels, Jakarta, Manila, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Singapore. The available material does not establish the exact scale of operations in each market or indicate that the group has the same educational footprint abroad as it does in Japan. Overall, Globis is positioned as an integrated business-education and professional-development group whose activities connect formal graduate study, corporate learning, management publishing, and venture investment.

Globis Corporation was established in Tokyo in 1992 by Japanese entrepreneur Yoshito Hori. The company began with capital of ¥800,000, starting as a business-oriented education venture. Its early identity was tied to practical management learning and the development of programs relevant to professionals and organizations. The available reference does not provide a detailed account of the company’s first courses, early customers, or initial organizational structure. Over time, Globis expanded beyond individual business courses into a wider education and knowledge platform. Corporate education became a central activity, with the group supplying business-training solutions to companies and professional learners. The cited material reports annual use by more than 473,000 professionals and approximately 3,300 clients. These figures indicate substantial reach in Japan, although the source does not specify the precise period of measurement or the methodology used to count users and clients. Graduate education became another major pillar through the Graduate School of Management, Globis University. The university represents the formal academic side of the group and provides graduate-level management education. In the material describing 2024, the school is characterized as Japan’s largest graduate business school, with 2,525 students enrolled and an annual intake of 1,000. The source does not provide a complete chronology of the school’s creation, accreditation, campus development, or degree programs, so those details remain outside this entry. Globis also developed a publishing business focused on business-management books. The publishing activity extends the organization’s educational mission beyond classrooms and corporate programs. The cited figures describe a catalog of 143 business-management books and combined sales of 3.77 million copies. No complete bibliography or chronology of the publishing program is supplied in the reference material. In 1996, Hori founded Globis Capital Partners. This venture-capital firm became a related group business with a hands-on investment approach. It invested in Japanese companies such as Mercari, Gree, and SmartNews. The reference describes the firm as managing a cumulative fund size above ¥180 billion in one passage and above ¥160 billion in a 2022 passage. Since the figures are presented with different time contexts and are not fully reconciled, they are not used as a single definitive current value here. The Globis group subsequently developed an international presence through subsidiaries or operating entities in Bangkok, Brussels, Jakarta, Manila, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Singapore. The source identifies these locations but does not document the founding dates, local staffing, course portfolios, or revenue contributions of the individual entities. Consequently, the international expansion can be confirmed as part of the group’s structure, but its detailed chronology cannot be reconstructed from the available material. By the period covered by the reference, Globis had become a diversified private group linking graduate management education, corporate training, business publishing, and venture capital. Its central proposition remains practical business learning, while the university, publications, and investment arm extend that proposition into formal education, knowledge distribution, and support for entrepreneurial companies.

• 2024

  Globis University reported 2,525 enrolled students

  [1]Globisen.wikipedia.org

  The Graduate School of Management, Globis University was reported to have 2,525 students and an annual intake of 1,000.

• 2022

  Globis Capital Partners reported a large cumulative investment platform

  [1]Globisen.wikipedia.org

  The cited material described Globis Capital Partners as having a cumulative fund size exceeding ¥160 billion and investments in more than 190 Japanese companies.

• 1996

  Globis Capital Partners established

  [1]Globisen.wikipedia.org

  Yoshito Hori founded Globis Capital Partners as the group’s venture-capital arm.

• 1992

  Globis Corporation founded

  [1]Globisen.wikipedia.org

  Yoshito Hori established Globis in Japan with initial capital of ¥800,000.

Practical, business-focused education and professional development supported by a broader ecosystem of publishing and venture investment.

• Graduate business education

  Graduate School of Management, Globis University

  Globis University is the group’s graduate-level management-education institution. It provides formal business education within Globis’s practical, professional orientation and is described in the reference as Japan’s largest graduate business school. The cited 2024 figures are 2,525 total students and an annual intake of 1,000. The available source does not specify individual degree tracks or the full program portfolio.

• Corporate training

  Globis Corporate Education Solutions

  Globis provides business-education and management-training solutions for corporate clients and working professionals. These services form a core part of the group’s Japanese business and are designed for organizational learning and professional development. The referenced material reports annual use by more than 473,000 professionals and approximately 3,300 corporate clients, but does not enumerate the individual courses or delivery formats.

• Educational publishing

  Globis Business-Management Publishing

  Globis publishes books focused on business management and related professional knowledge. The publishing program extends the company’s education activities into print and provides learning material beyond its formal courses and corporate-training services. The source reports 143 published management books with combined sales of 3.77 million copies, without listing the individual titles or publication chronology.

• Venture capital · 1996

  Globis Capital Partners

  Globis Capital Partners is a related Japanese venture-capital firm founded by Yoshito Hori in 1996. It is described as a hands-on investor supporting Japanese companies and has invested in businesses including Mercari, Gree, and SmartNews. The reference gives different cumulative fund-size figures in different contexts, so the available material supports the existence and scope of the investment arm but not one definitive current asset figure.

• 1996

  Creation of a venture-capital armStrategy

  Background

  After establishing Globis as a business-education company, Yoshito Hori created Globis Capital Partners to add venture investment to the group’s activities.

  Action taken

  Globis Capital Partners was founded as a related hands-on venture-capital firm focused on Japanese companies.

  Aftermath

  The investment arm later invested in companies including Mercari, Gree, and SmartNews and became a significant component of the broader Globis group.

  Source

• Expansion into an integrated education and knowledge groupStrategy

  Background

  Globis developed activities beyond standalone courses, combining graduate management education, corporate training, publishing, and venture investment.

  Action taken

  The group established and operated education, publishing, and investment businesses under the Globis identity.

  Aftermath

  The organization became a diversified private business group with Japanese operations and subsidiaries or operating entities across Asia, Europe, and the United States.

  Source

1. 1Globisen.wikipedia.org