Globis

Globis Corporation
Native name
株式会社グロービス
kabushiki gaisha Gurōbisu
Company typePrivate
IndustryEducational services
E-learning
Publishing
Venture capital
Founded1 August 1992; 32 years ago (1992-08-01)
FounderYoshito Hori
Headquarters
Chiyoda, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsGLOBIS Unlimited e-learning platform, GLOPLA learning management system, GMAP assessment test, business management publications
Services
Number of employees
Globis Group: 927 (2024)
Subsidiaries
Websiteglobis.com
Footnotes / references
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Globis Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社グロービス, Hepburn: kabushiki gaisha Gurōbisu, English: /ɡloʊbɪs/), commonly referred to as Globis and stylized as GLOBIS, is a Japanese private business education company headquartered in Banchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1992 by Japanese entrepreneur Yoshito Hori.[3] The Globis group includes the Graduate School of Management, Globis University, which is the largest graduate business school in Japan with a total enrollment of 2,525 students and an annual intake of 1,000 students in 2024.[4][5] Another group addition is Globis Capital Partners,[6][7] a hands-on VC firm with a cumulative fund size of over ¥160 billion JPY (approximately $1.2 billion) invested in over 190 Japanese companies in 2022.[8]

Globis is a large corporate training provider in Japan,[6][7]. Over 473,000 professionals and 3,300 clients utilize its corporate education solutions annually.[9] It has published 143 business management books which sold a combined 3.77 million copies.[9][10] Globis has overseas subsidiaries in Bangkok, Thailand, Brussels, Belgium, Manila, Philippines San Francisco, United States, Shanghai, China, and Singapore.[2]

  1. ^ "kurabu gaiyō ibaraki robotsu" クラブ概要茨城ロボッツ [Club Overview Ibaraki Robots]. Ibaraki Robots (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  2. ^ a b "Corporate Profile". Globis Corporation. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ "Creating a Business School and Venture Capital Firm in Japan". The Harbus. 2006-01-30. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  4. ^ "nyūgaku, zaigaku, shūryōshasū nado" 入学、在学、修了者数等 [Numbers on Intake, Enrollment, Graduation etc.] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  5. ^ "MEXT reiwa 5 nendo senmonshoku daigakuin ichiran" 令和５年度専門職大学院一覧 [MEXT 2023 Professional School List] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  6. ^ a b "GLOBIS". weforum.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  7. ^ a b "GLOBIS aims to create visionary leaders". japantoday.com. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  8. ^ "nana gō fando setsuritsu, ichiji boshū wo gohyaku oku en kibo nite kanryō shimashita" 7号ファンド設立、一次募集を500億円規模にて完了しました [Fund No.7 Established with Primary Offering of ¥50 Billion Yen Completed]. Globis Capital Partners (in Japanese). 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  9. ^ a b "GLOBIS By The Numbers". Globis Corporation. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  10. ^ "GLOBIS Books Gurōbisu no shuppann jigyō" GLOBIS Books グロービスの出版事業 [GLOBIS Books GLOBIS’s Publishing Business]. Globis Books. Retrieved 2024-09-03.