James Kondo

Chairman, International House of Japan

James Kondo has served as Chairman of the Board at International House of Japan - an independent foundation that contributes to building a free, open, and sustainable future - since 2019.

Kondo is also Senior Advisor at OpenAI, a Global Trustee and Co-Chair of Japan Center at Asia Society, a Trustee at Magsaysay Prize Foundation, and a Trustee at US-Japan Foundation.

He was previously Vice President of Growth Strategy at Twitter Inc. and Chairman of Twitter Japan, Special Advisor at the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government, and a consultant at McKinsey.

Kondo has been selected a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Asia 21 Fellow of Asia Society, and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Bosch Foundation.

He was a visiting student at Brown University, a graduate of Keio University and Harvard Business School, and a World Fellow at Yale University.