Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announces a key senior leadership appointment in Japan, as the firm continues to expand its footprint in the market and strengthen its commitment to Japan.
Muneya Taniguchi will join as Vice Chairman of Japan and Executive Advisor to lead the firm’s expansion, focusing on Japan.
Prior to joining Blackstone, he served as Deputy President at MUFG Bank and as Deputy Chairman at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
Atsuhiko Sakamoto, Head of Private Equity, Blackstone Japan, said Muneya will be invaluable as they expand their presence in the market. He described Japan as a key market for their growth.
Blackstone has executed “a number of transactions in the country, including investing in Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, the real estate investment by a foreign investor; Amutus (formerly Infocom), the provider of digital comics; Sony Payment Services, carveout of Sony’s payment service provider; I’rom, a Japanese site management organization; and CMIC, Japan’s contract research organization.”
In Private Wealth, the firm has been “partnering with Japanese financial institutions to create access to its four flagship strategies to individual investors.”
Blackstone seeks to deliver returns “for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests.”
Blackstone’s $1.2 trillion in assets under management include “global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds.”