Kou William Sundberg

Kou William Sundberg is Founder and CEO of Kiraku. He began his career as an investment analyst at Fortress Investment Group in Japan before founding Kiraku in 2013. Now based in Japan, Kou leads business revitalization, acquisition and asset management, and hotel management system development, repositioning traditional industries, from ryokans to Japan's beverage sector, for long-term value. 

He also serves as Co-Representative Director of Atona, Kiraku's ryokan joint venture with Hyatt; CEO of suginomori brewery, a sake brewery in Nagano, and Kodama Distillery, a shochu distillery in Miyazaki; and Director of Kiraku Asset Management, a Japanese real estate asset management firm.