Who We Are

Yoshiki Yasui is President & CEO of Yasui & Co., an independent financial advisory and investment firm. The firm advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and financial restructuring across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and makes principal investments in private companies as a long-term investor. Mr. Yasui has led the firm since its founding, building long-term, trusted relationships with corporations, founders, institutional investors, and family offices.

Previously, Mr. Yasui founded Origami, Japan's first mobile payments company, and served as CEO from launch until its acquisition by a publicly listed company in 2020. He began his career in M&A advisory at Lehman Brothers and worked in venture capital at Silicon Valley-based DCM across the U.S., Japan, and China. He was appointed to the Industrial Structure Council of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

In 2020, Mr. Yasui was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, a distinction given each year to a small group of leaders under 40 from business, government, civil society, and the arts worldwide. He mentors founders at the Harvard Innovation Labs and the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, and serves on the Committee on Architecture & Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Born in Canada and raised between Toronto, New York, and Tokyo, Mr. Yasui holds a B.A. in International Liberal Studies from Waseda University, including an exchange program at the University of Sydney, and an Executive Education certificate from the Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century Program at Harvard Kennedy School.