| 1952-08-26 |
Date of Birth |
| 1965-12-11 |
Date of Birth |
| 1974-12 |
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi's career history begins. |
| 1975-04 |
Makoto Matsuo was admitted as attorney at law (Dai-chi Tokyo Bar Association) Ozaki & Momo-o. |
| 1978-04 |
Joined Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 1978-08 |
Makoto Matsuo worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, U.S. |
| 1979-03 |
Makoto Matsuo was admitted to New York bar. |
| 1981-04 |
Joined International Finance Department, Yasuda Trust & Banking Co. (currently Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.) |
| 1987-09 |
Joined Aoyama Audit Corporation |
| 1989-04 |
Makoto Matsuo became Founder and Partner, Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba. |
| 1991-03 |
Registered as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) |
| 1991-04 |
Joined Finance Department, Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation) |
| 1995-12 |
Seconded to PricewaterhouseCoopers New York Office and US National Office |
| 1998-10 |
Vice President, Sony Capital Corporation |
| 1999-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Victor Company of Japan, Limited (currently JVCKENWOOD Corporation). |
| 1999-10 |
General Manager, Semiconductor Group Production Technology Division |
| 2000-05 |
CFO, Monex, Inc. |
| 2000-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Billing System Corporation. |
| 2002-06 |
President and Director, Trecenti Technologies, Inc. |
| 2003-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (currently Astellas Pharma Inc.). |
| 2003-07 |
Designated Partner, Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation |
| 2004-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. |
| 2006-08 |
President and Director, SanDisk Limited |
| 2006-09 |
Designated Partner, Arata Audit Corporation (now PwC Japan LLC) |
| 2007-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director, Capcom Co., Ltd. |
| 2007-08 |
Finance Director, Sony Europe Ltd |
| 2008-10 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director, JVC Kenwood Holdings, Inc. (currently JVCKENWOOD Corporation). |
| 2009-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Toray Industries, Inc. |
| 2010-04 |
Mie Plant Manager, Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited |
| 2010-06 |
Member, Tax System Committee / Chair, Planning Subcommittee, Japan Business Federation |
| 2011-01 |
Member, National Tax Council, National Tax Agency |
| 2012-04 |
Acting General Manager, Manufacturing Division, Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited |
| 2012-04 |
Representative Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 2012-07 |
Head, Nagoya Office, Arata Audit Corporation (now PwC Japan LLC) |
| 2013-04 |
Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and CFO, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 2014-03 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Solasia Pharma K.K. |
| 2014-12 |
Executive Officer, Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited |
| 2015-03 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director, ENEOS Holdings, Inc. |
| 2015-08 |
Member, Management Committee, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan |
| 2015-11 |
Member, Evaluation Committee for Incorporated Administrative Agencies, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2016-01 |
President and Representative Director, Aizu Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited |
| 2016-06 |
Managing Director, Sony Global Treasury Services Plc |
| 2016-06 |
Director (Audit Committee Member), Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 2016-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director (Member of Audit and Supervisory Committee) at Capcom Co., Ltd. |
| 2016-07 |
Deputy Representative Executive Officer, PwC Arata LLC (now PwC Japan LLC) |
| 2017-05 |
Vice President (Representative Director), Japan Tax Association |
| 2017-10 |
Member, Board of Governors, Government Pension Investment Fund |
| 2017-12 |
Member, Corporate Governance System Study Group (Phase 2), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2018-04 |
President, Western Digital Japan |
| 2018-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (current position). |
| 2018-08 |
Member, Audit Issues Council, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| 2018-10 |
Vice Chairman (Representative Director), Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association |
| 2019-10 |
Specially-Appointed Professor, Tokyo University of Science |
| 2020-06 |
Corporate Officer in charge of Finance, Sony Corporation (currently Sony Group Corporation) |
| 2020-06 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Auditor, Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| 2020-07 |
Member of the Policy Board, the Bank of Japan |
| 2021-03 |
半導体・デジタル産業戦略検討会議 座長（現任） |
| 2021-06 |
Outside Director, IMAGICA GROUP Inc. |
| 2021-09 |
Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, PwC Arata LLC (now PwC Japan LLC) |
| 2021-10 |
Vice President, Western Digital GK |
| 2022-08 |
President and Representative Director of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) |
| 2022-08 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus). |
| 2022-08 |
Rapidus Corporation was established. |
| 2022-08 |
当社 取締役会長（現任） |
| 2022-08 |
当社 代表取締役社長 |
| 2022-08 |
当社 社外取締役 |
| 2022-08 |
Rapidus株式会社設立 |
| 2022-08-10 |
Date of Establishment |
| 2022-08-10 |
設立日 |
| 2022-08-10 |
Rapidus株式会社は2022年8月10日に設立されました。取締役会長の東哲郎と代表取締役社長の小池淳義が主導し、半導体専門家有志とともに創業しました。 |
| 2022-11 |
Rapidus was selected for NEDO Next Generation Semiconductor R&D Project |
| 2022-11 |
NEDO 次世代半導体の研究開発プロジェクトにRapidusが採択 |
| 2022-12 |
Strategic partnership with IBM and MOU with imec |
| 2022-12 |
Establishment of LSTC (Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center) |
| 2022-12 |
技術研究組合最先端半導体技術センター（LSTC） 理事長（現任） |
| 2022-12 |
IBMと戦略パートナーシップ締結 |
| 2022-12 |
imecと協力覚書締結 |
| 2022-12 |
次世代半導体の量産技術実現に向けた国の研究開発拠点として、技術研究組合最先端半導体技術センター（LSTC）設立 |
| 2022-12 |
2022年12月にIBMと戦略パートナーシップを締結しました。米国ニューヨーク州Albany Nanotech ComplexのIBM Albanyにエンジニアを派遣し、2nm世代半導体の量産技術開発を共同で推進しています。 |
| 2023-02 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of Operations Division of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) |
| 2023-02 |
Rapidus announces it will build the 'IIM' a new manufacturing facility in Chitose, Hokkaido |
| 2023-02 |
当社 専務執行役員 オペレーション本部長 |
| 2023-02 |
北海道千歳市に製造拠点（IIM）を建設することを発表 |
| 2023-03 |
Makoto Matsuo became Director of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position). |
| 2023-03 |
Outside Director of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2023-03 |
Joined imec's Core Partner Program |
| 2023-03 |
当社 社外取締役（現任） |
| 2023-03 |
当社 取締役（現任） |
| 2023-03 |
imecのコアパートナープログラムに参加 |
| 2023-04 |
Rapidus engineers dispatched to IBM Albany Nanotech Complex, New York |
| 2023-04 |
米国・ニューヨーク州Albany Nanotech ComplexのIBM Albanyにエンジニア派遣開始 |
| 2023-05 |
Rapidus held a briefing session on next-generation semiconductor projects and construction plans in Chitose, Hokkaido |
| 2023-05 |
北海道千歳市で次世代半導体プロジェクト及び工事計画等説明会開催 |
| 2023-09 |
IIM-1 groundbreaking ceremony in Bibi, Chitose, Hokkaido |
| 2023-09 |
IIM-1建設予定地「千歳美々ワールド」で起工式実施、建設開始 |
| 2023-11 |
IP partnership agreement with Tenstorrent |
| 2023-11 |
米国Tenstorrent社とIPパートナーシップ合意 |
| 2024-01 |
Senior Managing Executive Officer & CFO of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) |
| 2024-01 |
Rapidus opened its Chitose office |
| 2024-01 |
千歳事務所を開所 |
| 2024-02 |
Collaboration with Tenstorrent to develop and manufacture edge AI accelerators |
| 2024-02 |
エッジAIアクセラレータの開発・製造をTenstorrent社と推進 |
| 2024-03 |
Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of Operations Division of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) |
| 2024-03 |
当社 代表取締役 専務執行役員 オペレーション本部長 |
| 2024-04 |
Established a sales office, Rapidus Design Solutions, in Silicon Valley, USA |
| 2024-04 |
米国シリコンバレーに営業拠点Rapidus Design Solutions 設立 |
| 2024-06 |
Executive Officer and CFO, H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. |
| 2024-06 |
Outside Corporate Auditor of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2024-06 |
Signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Hokkaido University |
| 2024-06 |
Comprehensive partnership agreement with Hokkaido University |
| 2024-06 |
Johannes Stork 社外取締役（現任） |
| 2024-06 |
竹内豊 社外監査役（現任） |
| 2024-06 |
北海道大学と包括連携協定を締結 |
| 2024-07 |
Makoto Matsuo became Outside Director, Taisho Pharmaceutical Holidngs Co., Ltd. (current position). |
| 2024-10 |
Senior Advisor, H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. |
| 2024-10 |
Rapidus has opened a Back-end processing R&D center within Seiko Epson's Chitose facility. |
| 2024-10 |
国立大学法人東北大学 運営方針会議 議長（現任） |
| 2024-10 |
セイコーエプソン社内に後工程研究開発拠点を開設 |
| 2024-12 |
Installation of Japan's first volume-production-ready EUV exposure tool (ASML NXE:3800E) at IIM |
| 2024-12 |
日本初、量産対応EUV露光装置「NXE:3800E」の設置を開始 |
| 2025-01 |
PFN, Rapidus, and SAKURA internet have reached a basic agreement toward Japan-made AI infrastructure for a Greener Society. |
| 2025-01 |
グリーン社会に貢献する国産AIインフラの提供に向け、 Preferred Networks、さくらインターネットと基本合意を締結 |
| 2025-03 |
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer & CFO and Head of Corporate Division of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2025-03 |
Rapidus has announced strategic partnership with Quest Global to enable Advanced 2nm Solutions for the AI chip era. |
| 2025-03 |
Quest GlobalとAI半導体時代に向けた最先端2nmソリューションの戦略的パートナーシップを発表 |
| 2025-04 |
Representative Director, President and CEO of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2025-04 |
Rapidus starts operating the pilot line in IIM-1. |
| 2025-04 |
当社 代表取締役社長兼CEO（現任） |
| 2025-04 |
IIM-1 パイロットライン立ち上げ開始 |
| 2025-05 |
SEMI International Boardメンバー（現任） |
| 2025-07 |
First prototypes of leading-edge 2nm GAA transistors successfully demonstrated electrical characteristics in IIM-1. |
| 2025-07 |
IIM-1にて2nmノード GAAトランジスタの動作を確認 |
| 2025-08 |
Specially Appointed Professor (Visiting), National University Corporation Tohoku University (current position) |
| 2025-11 |
President & Representative Director, Mito Country Club Co, Ltd. (current position) |
| 2025-11 |
Rapidus Selected as Official Business Operator by Japan Government. |
| 2025-11 |
政府「情報処理の促進に関する法律に基づく公募」において事業者として選定 |
| 2026-02 |
Rapidus Secured 267.6 Billion Yen in Funding from Japan Government and Private Sector Companies. |
| 2026-02 |
政府と民間から総額約2,676億円の資金調達実施 |
| 2026-03 |
Outside Director of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2026-03 |
当社社外取締役（現任） |
| 2026-03 |
渡邉一治 社外監査役（現任） |
| 2026-03 |
経済産業省 産業サイバーセキュリティ研究会ワーキンググループ（制度・技術・標準化） 委員（現任） |
| 2026-04 |
Rapidus Opened Analysis Center and Rapidus Chiplet Solutions. |
| 2026-07 |
Outside Director of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2026-07 |
当社社外取締役（現任） |
| 2026-08 |
Representative Director, and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Rapidus Corporation (Rapidus) (current position) |
| 2026-08 |
当社 代表取締役 専務執行役員 （現任） |
| 2027 |
Rapidus will begin mass production of next-generation logic semiconductors. |
| 2027 |
2027 年 量産開始 |
