Stanford University US-Japan Technology Management Center

Spring 2006 SEMINAR SERIES
Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries

Hiroyuki Matsubara

Manager
Bio & New Materials Dept. Strategy

Marubeni America Corp.


Hiroyuki Matsubara is a department manager of Bio & New Materials Dept. at Marubeni America Corp. (Santa Clara, CA), the North American headquarters of a Japanese "Sogo Shosha", Marubeni Corporation. http://www.marubeni.com/index.html His career in Biotech has started in mid 1980's when he specialized molecular genetics at University of Tokyo, Japan. He joined Marubeni as a biotech specialist and worked with US biotech firms to establish a business in Japan. After helped several ventures to successfully enter the Japanese market, he decided to study at UCLA Business School to hone his skills in Venture Financing and International Marketing. He came back to the US in 2000 to work in the semiconductor industry as a product manager for Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTG) in Colorado, who completed IPO in 2001 while he was there. He then moved to Silicon Valley to assume the current role in venture investment and marketing in the biotech industry.

 

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