# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joi-ito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:53:23.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joi-ito"
name: "Joi Ito"
slug: "joi-ito"
description: "Joichi Ito  is a Japanese entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the president of Chiba Institute of Technology. He is on the board of directors for the Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan where he is also chairman of the Gelephu Investment Development Corporation (GIDC). He is a former director of the MIT Media Lab, former professor of the practice of media arts and sciences at MIT, and a former visiting professor of practice at Harvard Law School."
tagline: "Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joi_Ito.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1966-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.45
  momentum:             5.702924576706002
  historical:           14.34691733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 3
totalFollowers: 73200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Joi"
    handle:    "Joi"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/joiito/"
    handle:    "joiito"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joiito"
    handle:    "joiito"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joiito/"
    handle:    "joiito"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1385567/"
    handle:    "nm1385567"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://ito.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdpNM_rxeWmHuzqoVDgBayw"
    handle:    "@joiito"
    followers: 73200
sources:
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    title: "伊藤穰一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "چوى ايتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito"
    title: "Joi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dichi_It%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōichi Itō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito"
    title: "Joi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito"
    title: "Joi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joichi_Ito"
    title: "Joichi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito"
    title: "Joi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dichi_It%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōichi Itō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%97%A4%E7%A9%B0%E4%B8%80"
    title: "伊藤穰一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%ED%86%A0_%EC%A1%B0%EC%9D%B4%EC%B9%98"
    title: "이토 조이치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%98%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Џоичи Ито"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito"
    title: "Joi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi_Ito"
    title: "Joi Ito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dichi_It%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōichi Itō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Ито, Дзёити"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934616"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump