Net Worth: $1.42 Billion

About Kenji Kasahara

Kenji Kasahara is an internet entrepreneur and investor with an estimated net worth of $1.42 Billion. In 1997 when he was just 21 years old he created a job information website called Find Job!. In 1999 when he was 23 years old he founded eMercury Inc. In 2004 when he was 28 years old he launched one of the first social networking services called mixi. Mixi is a social network for users who want to keep conversations more private versus publicly seen just the way Facebook’s platform is optional for users preferences being private or public based on status and posts. In 2008 when Kasahara was 32 years old he climbed onto the 37th spot of Japan’s 40th Richest person in the country. Forbes reported Kasahara as having $740 million as his estimated Net Worth in that year. In 2015 Kasahara is currently estimated at $1.42 Billion having about double his net worth which is about $680 Million more than he had 7 years ago. Mixi today is an internet holding company that is publicly traded having invested in acquisitions and growing existing companies within web and apps for phone devices. Mixi also got into the game development sector of the industry and amassed millions of app store and google play downloads monetizing them with banner ads.