Overview
Employees
6,426 employees
Revenue
$10+ billion (USD) per year
Headquarters
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Category
Empower the world!
Rakuten, Inc. (TSE's first section: 4755) is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest ecommerce marketplace company worldwide. Rakuten provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. Founded in 1997, Rakuten is headquartered in Tokyo, with over 17,000 employees and partner staff worldwide. Rakuten's 2018 revenues were 1101.48 billions yen. In Japanese, Rakuten stands for ‘optimism.’ It means we believe in the future. It’s an understanding that, with the right mind-set, we can make the future better by what we do today. So we challenge ourselves to evolve, innovate and experiment, to create a better, happier future for everyone. Today, our 70+ businesses span e-commerce, digital content, communications and FinTech, bringing the joy of discovery to more than 1.2 billion members across the world. For more information, visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/ Rakuten Inc provides Internet Services including "Rakuten Ichiba", its core marketplace e-commerce site in Japan. The company also provides Internet Finance services, which include "Rakuten Card" and "Rakuten Bank". Their Digital Content services include e-book services. The Company also invests in seed-stage technology start-ups. Rakuten is a tech company that offers electronic commerce solutions in Japan and internationally. Rakuten Ventures is the venture capital arm of Rakuten Group specializing in buyout investments. The firm seeks to invest in information technology services, advertisement technology, artificial intelligence, and internet software services. Rakuten is one of the world's leading internet companies. Based in Tokyo, we provide consumer and business services in e-commerce, digital content and finance. With more than 70 services and 12,000 employees worldwide, we are expanding globally with locations throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.Our business model is the Rakuten Ecosystem, which connects all our services with the goal of giving everyone a single, integrated and seamless experience that deepens and enriches with time.
