Hiromasa Ezoe
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
In March 1960 he founded Daigaku Shimbun Kokokusha (University Newspaper Advertising Agency) in Minato-ku, Tokyo, starting a business placing companies' recruitment ads in university newspapers. Turned down by major banks for start-up funds, he borrowed ¥3 million from the Tamuracho branch of Shiba Shinkin Bank after two rounds of negotiations, pledging his father's land and house as collateral. He soon signed contracts to handle advertising for several university newspapers exclusively, and that October incorporated the business as Daigaku Kokoku Co., Ltd.
Selection
He was the first president, with no predecessor. In October 1960 he incorporated the advertising agency he had started on his own that March and became Representative Director and President of Daigaku Kokoku Co., Ltd. In April 1963 he changed the company name to Nippon Recruitment Center, and that August established Nippon Recruit Center. In April 1984 the name was changed to Recruit Co., Ltd.
Initiatives
In 1962 he launched "Kigyo e no Shotai" (Invitation to Companies), a publication carrying only job information for university students, and in 1976 applied the same model to housing and real estate with the monthly "Jutaku Joho" (Housing Information). The women's job-change magazine "Travail" followed in 1980 and the used-car magazine "Car Sensor" in 1984. In 1968 the company became the first Japanese company to install an IBM 1130. In 1988 the affair in which unlisted shares of subsidiary Recruit Cosmos were transferred to figures in politics, business and the bureaucracy came to light, and he resigned as President.
Career
Career
Recruit Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 1960 | University Shimbun Advertising Company (at founding) |
| Oct 1960 | Representative Director, President |
| Jan 1988 | Chairman |
| 1988 | Stepped down |
| Jan 1988 | Stepped down as President |