Soichiro Chiba is the founder of Thousandleaf, an advisory and investment firm for the public and private sectors. He has served as one of 13 advisors to the Prime Minister's cabinet for the World Assembly for Women, and as an advisor to the Chairwoman of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on technology and energy policies. As an investor, he worked at the World Bank Group(YPP), a U.S. Private Equity Firm, and Mitsubishi Corporation, focusing on disruptive technologies and various sectors. He is also the chairman of Y7&Y20 of Japan, a national U-40 think tank of the G7&G20. Soichiro received a dual B.A. from Peking University and Waseda University and an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Fulbright Scholar. He is the co-author of "Japan: Land of the Setting Sun?” a case study on Prime Minister Abe's economic policy taught to all 900 Harvard Business School students in the required curriculum. Soichiro is a violinist who has played for the first lady of Japan. Soichiro was selected as one of the leaders under the age of 40 (Asia21) by Asia Society.