is the president of

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. He received both undergraduate and master's degrees from

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. Mr. Hirose, who was formerly CEO and President of NetHome, became the CEO of Columbia as of January 1, 2004. Sadahiko Hirose started out his career with

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in a computer business. He was then engaged in publishing with a venture business named ASCII and later in the video game business with

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. Not long before accepting the job at Columbia, he had been running a broadband Internet business.

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* 1943 births Living people Keio University alumni {{Japan-business-bio-stub