The world believed that the only billionaire to ever wear slippers and a hooded jacket to a boardroom was Mark Zuckerberg, but watch out Mark because Yoshikazu Tanaka may just take your place. The 35-year-old Japanese entrepreneur built a mobile social gaming business, Gree that took over the world. Valued at over $2.2 Billion, Tanaka is more than able to take Gree to the international markets especially countries in Europe, the United States and Brazil. He aspires to increase the number of Gree users to a billion, fives times the current level.

It is believed that the company will be able to follow through it goals of expanding into international markets as it has just partnered with Tencent. Tencent is one of China’s major social network businesses, which recently acquired a large US gaming company, OpenFeint. Partnerships are a means of a faster way to grow and evolve. This may mean that Gree has a bigger market share in the gaming market. Working with other businesses also means sharing of good practices and ideas.

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Boykoff, Pamela. Japan’s ‘Zuckerberg’ leads new wave of entrepreneurs . 7 October 2013. 7 October 2013 <http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/05/business/japan-entrepreneurs-tech/index.html>.