Yoshitaka Kitao (pictured), chief executive of SBI Holdings, a financial conglomerate originated from Japan-based Softbank's investment division with no capital relationship since August 2006.

Please describe SBI’s evolution since its formation, and how the strategy has changed before and after the first dot.com bubble, the intervening years and current expectations for successful investing?

In 1999, with the transition of SOFTBANK CORP. into a pure holding company, Softbank Finance Corporation (currently SBI Holdings, Inc.) was established.  At the time, SOFTBANK CORP. was the leader of the Internet in Japan, and having developed their Internet business through investments and relationships with various U.S. based leading…