Globis Corporation | |
Native Name: | 株式会社グロービス |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Romanized Name: | kabushiki gaisha Gurōbisu |
Type: | Private |
Industry: | Educational services E-learning Publishing Venture capital |
Founder: | Yoshito Hori |
Hq Location City: | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Hq Location Country: | Japan |
Area Served: | Worldwide |
Products: | GLOBIS Unlimited e-learning platform, GLOPLA learning management system, GMAP assessment test, business management publications |
Services: | |
Num Employees: | Globis Group: 806 (2023) |
Footnotes: | [1] |
, commonly referred to as Globis and stylized as GLOBIS, is a Japanese private business education company headquartered in Banchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Globis is one of the largest corporate training providers in Japan,[2] [3] with over 2 million professionals having completed programs. It has published 130 business management books which sold a combined 3.5 million copies. E-learning platforms GLOBIS Manabihodai and GLOBIS Unlimited have a combined subscriber number of over 210,000.[4]
Globis has overseas subsidiaries in Bangkok, Thailand, Brussels, Belgium, San Francisco, United States, Shanghai, China, and Singapore.[1] The Globis Group includes the Graduate School of Management, Globis University, which is the largest business school in Japan[5] with a total enrollment of 2,683 students and an annual intake of 1,050 students.[6] [7] Another group addition is Globis Capital Partners,[2] [3] a hands-on VC firm with a cumulative fund size of over ¥160 billion JPY (approximately $1.2 billion) invested in over 190 Japanese companies in 2022.[8]
Globis Corporation was founded by Yoshito Hori in 1992. The company was started with a capital of 800,000 yen (about $7,500 USD).[1] [9]
is a Japanese private venture capital firm headquartered in Banchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.[10] Globis Capital Partners was founded in 1996 by Yoshito Hori and is a part of the Globis Group.[11] It manages a cumulative fund size of over ¥180 billion JPY (approximately $1.3 billion) with investments in companies such as Mercari and Gree.[12]
See main article: Graduate School of Management, Globis University.
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