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title: "Rakuten Group, Inc.: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Rakuten Group, Inc.  is a Japanese technology conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-group-inc
type: Organization
wikidata: Q973054
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten
website: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
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# Rakuten Group, Inc.

> Rakuten Group, Inc.  is a Japanese technology conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-group-inc

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: Japan
- Founded: 1997-02-07
- Headquarters: Tamagawa
- Status: public
- Website: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/
- Employees: 9,885 (as of 2024-12-31)
- Also known as: Rakuten Group, RAKUTEN GROUP, INC. (Tokyo), Rakuten Kabushiki-gaisha, Rakuten Kabushiki-kaisha, Rakuten, Inc.
- Industries: Internet industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/Rakuten
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFqXMb9hQRELD6WEZzsEVpw
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RakutenIchiba
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rakuten_official

## Key people

- Hiroshi Mikitani, founder (founder of Rakuten)
- Hiroshi Mikitani, director (founder of Rakuten)
- Jack Schlossberg (American writer and political correspondent (born 1993))

## Revenue

- 2021-01-01: JPY 1.7 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: [Rakuten Kobo Inc.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-kobo-inc.md), [Rakuten Anshin Torihiki](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-anshin-torihiki.md), [Viki](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-viki.md), [Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-taiwan-rakuten-ichiba.md), [Rakuten Communications](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-communications.md), [Rakuten Edy](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-edy.md), [Rakuten Card](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-card.md), [Rakuten Securities](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-securities.md), [Rakuten Bank](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-bank.md), [O-net Inc.](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-o-net-inc.md), [Rakuten Mart](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-mart.md), [Rakuten Mobile](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-mobile.md), [Rakuten Payment](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-payment.md), [Rakuten Securities Holdings](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-securities-holdings.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Rakuten Group, Inc., dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-rakuten-group-inc#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973054, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001294591

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