Joichi Ito

Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biography

Joichi Ito is the Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the former CEO of Creative Commons. He has created numerous internet companies including PSINet Japan, Digital Garage and Infoseek Japan and was an early stage investor in Twitter, Six Apart, Wikia, Flickr, SocialText, Dopplr, Last.fm, Rupture and other internet companies.