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==Background==

==Background==

He has served and continues to serve on numerous Japanese commercial, as well as local government, committees and boards, advising on IT, privacy, and computer security related issues. He is a co-founder and board member of [[Digital Garage]]. He is on the board of Culture Convenience Club ([[CCC]]).<ref>[http://www.ccc.co.jp/eng/company/profile/executive/ Culture Convenience Club (CCC)]</ref> He is a Senior Visiting Researcher of [[Keio Research Institute]] at Shonan Fujisawa Campus in Japan. He is the Chairman of [[Six Apart Japan]] the weblog software company. He is on board of a number of non-profit organizations including The [[Mozilla]] Foundation <ref>[http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/about.html Mozilla.org]</ref>, [[WITNESS]] and [[Global Voices]].<ref>[http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/board-of-directors/ Global Voice]</ref> He has created numerous Internet companies including [[PSINet]] Japan, [[Digital Garage]] and [[Infoseek Japan]] and was an early stage investor in [[Twitter]] <ref>[http://blog.twitter.com/2008/01/twitter-in-japan.html Twitter.com]</ref>, [[Six Apart]], [[EPIC]] <ref>[http://epic.org/epic/advisory_board.html EPIC.org]</ref>, [[Technorati]], [[Flickr]], [[SocialText]], [[Dopplr]], [[Last.fm]], [[Rupture]], [[Kongregate]] and other Internet companies.<ref>[http://joiwiki.ito.com/joiwiki/index.cgi?joi_ito JoiWiki]</ref> He maintains a weblog where he regularly shares his thoughts with the online community. He is the Guild Custodian of the World of Warcraft guild, [[We Know]].

He has served and continues to serve on numerous Japanese commercial, as well as local government, committees and boards, advising on IT, privacy, and computer security related issues. He is a co-founder and board member of [[Digital Garage]]. He is on the board of Culture Convenience Club ([[CCC]]).<ref>[http://www.ccc.co.jp/eng/company/profile/executive/ Culture Convenience Club (CCC)]</ref> He is a Senior Visiting Researcher of [[Keio Research Institute]] at Shonan Fujisawa Campus in Japan. He is the Chairman of [[Six Apart Japan]] the weblog software company. He is on board of a number of non-profit organizations including The [[Mozilla]] Foundation <ref>[http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/about.html Mozilla.org]</ref>, [[WITNESS]] and [[Global Voices]].<ref>[http://globalvoicesonline.org/about/board-of-directors/ Global Voice]</ref> He has created numerous Internet companies including [[PSINet]] Japan, [[Digital Garage]] and [[Infoseek Japan]] and was an early stage investor in [[Twitter]] <ref>[http://blog.twitter.com/2008/01/twitter-in-japan.html Twitter.com]</ref>, [[Six Apart]], [[EPIC]] <ref>[http://epic.org/epic/advisory_board.html EPIC.org]</ref>, [[Technorati]], [[Flickr]], [[SocialText]], [[Dopplr]], [[Last.fm]], [[Rupture]], [[Kongregate]] and other Internet companies.<ref>[http://joiwiki.ito.com/joiwiki/index.cgi?joi_ito JoiWiki]</ref> He maintains a weblog where he regularly shares his thoughts with the online community. He is the Guild Custodian of the World of Warcraft guild, [[We Know]].

 

Joichi Ito was selected by the 2004 Nominating Committee to an additional term, which ran from the end of the 2004 annual meeting through the conclusion of the [[ICANN]] Annual Meeting in 2007. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/ito.htm ICANN.org]</ref>

Joichi Ito was selected by the 2004 Nominating Committee to an additional term, which ran from the end of the 2004 annual meeting through the conclusion of the [[ICANN]] Annual Meeting in 2007. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/ito.htm ICANN.org]</ref> He has reflected on the status of ICANN and his three years with the organization on his [http://joi.ito.com/weblog/icann/ blog].

 

==Awards and Recognition==

==Awards and Recognition==

In 1997 Time Magazine ranked him as a member of the CyberElite. In 2000 he was ranked among the "50 Stars of Asia" by Business Week and commended by the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for supporting the advancement of IT <ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_27/b3688009.htm Bloomberg Businessweek]</ref>. In 2001 the World Economic Forum chose him as one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" for 2002 <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=Economic%20Forum%20Entrepreneurs%202 Highbeam]</ref>. He was selected by the [[World Economic Forum]] in 2001 as one of the "Global Leaders for Tomorrow", chosen by Newsweek as a member of the "Leaders of The Pack" in 2005 <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131693906.html Higheam]</ref>, and listed by Vanity Fair as a member of "The Next Establishment" in 2007.<ref>[http://gigaom.com/2007/09/13/vanity-fair-2007-new-establishment/ Vanity Fair]</ref>Ito was also named by Businessweek as one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web in 2008.<ref>[http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0929_most_influential/9.htm Bloomber Businessweek]</ref>

In 1997 Time Magazine ranked him as a member of the CyberElite. In 2000 he was ranked among the "50 Stars of Asia" by Business Week and commended by the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for supporting the advancement of IT <ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_27/b3688009.htm Bloomberg Businessweek]</ref>. In 2001 the World Economic Forum chose him as one of the 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" for 2002 <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/Search?searchTerm=Economic%20Forum%20Entrepreneurs%202 Highbeam]</ref>. He was selected by the [[World Economic Forum]] in 2001 as one of the "Global Leaders for Tomorrow", chosen by Newsweek as a member of the "Leaders of The Pack" in 2005 <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131693906.html Higheam]</ref>, and listed by Vanity Fair as a member of "The Next Establishment" in 2007.<ref>[http://gigaom.com/2007/09/13/vanity-fair-2007-new-establishment/ Vanity Fair]</ref>Ito was also named by Businessweek as one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web in 2008.<ref>[http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0929_most_influential/9.htm Bloomber Businessweek]</ref>