Yotaro Kobayashi is chief corporate advisor and former chairman of the board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. and a member of the boards of directors of Callaway Golf Company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), American Productivity & Quality Center, and Sony Corporation. He is also chairman of the International University of Japan. He joined Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. in 1958 after receiving his B.A. in economics from Keio University and his M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. He was assigned to Fuji Xerox in 1963, becoming executive vice president in 1976, president and CEO in 1978, and chairman and CEO in 1992. He served as chairman of the board from 1999 until he became chief corporate advisor in April 2006. Mr. Kobayashi was awarded the Medal with Blue Ribbon (Japan) in 1991, the Insignia of Commander First Class of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) in 1995, and The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norway) in 1997. He is the Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.
Yotaro Kobayashi is chief corporate advisor and former chairman of the board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. and a member of the boards of directors of Callaway Golf Company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), American Productivity & Quality Center, and Sony Corporation. He is also chairman of the International University of Japan. He joined Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. in 1958 after receiving his B.A. in economics from Keio University and his M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. He was assigned to Fuji Xerox in 1963, becoming executive vice president in 1976, president and CEO in 1978, and chairman and CEO in 1992. He served as chairman of the board from 1999 until he became chief corporate advisor in April 2006. Mr. Kobayashi was awarded the Medal with Blue Ribbon (Japan) in 1991, the Insignia of Commander First Class of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) in 1995, and The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norway) in 1997. He is the Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.