Rakuten Group, Inc.

OTCPK:RKUN.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$11.6b

Rakuten Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Rakuten Group's CEO is Mickey Mikitani, appointed in Feb 1997, has a tenure of 28.25 years. total yearly compensation is ¥196.00M, comprised of 5.1% salary and 94.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 11.98% of the company’s shares, worth $1.39B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.5 years and 3.2 years respectively.

Key information

Mickey Mikitani

Chief executive officer

JP¥196.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage5.10%
CEO tenure28.3yrs
CEO ownership12.0%
Management average tenure6.5yrs
Board average tenure3.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Mickey Mikitani's remuneration changed compared to Rakuten Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-JP¥194b

Dec 31 2024JP¥196mJP¥10m

-JP¥162b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-JP¥281b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-JP¥275b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-JP¥299b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

-JP¥339b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-JP¥323b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-JP¥336b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-JP¥364b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-JP¥373b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-JP¥300b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-JP¥245b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-JP¥200b

Dec 31 2021JP¥170mJP¥10m

-JP¥134b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-JP¥135b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-JP¥152b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-JP¥104b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

-JP¥114b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-JP¥89b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-JP¥160b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-JP¥172b

Dec 31 2019JP¥196mJP¥15m

-JP¥32b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥20b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥178b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

JP¥230b

Dec 31 2018JP¥145mJP¥34m

JP¥142b

Compensation vs Market: Mickey's total compensation ($USD1.34M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.16M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Mickey's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Mickey Mikitani (59 yo)

28.3yrs

Tenure

JP¥196,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Hiroshi Mikitani, also known as Mickey, serves as Vice-Chairman of Rakuten Medical, Inc. and had been Chief Executive Officer since November 2018 until November 2022. He served as Co-Chief Executive Of...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder28.3yrsJP¥196.00m11.98%
$ 1.4b
Kenji Hirose
Group Executive VP7.1yrsJP¥111.00m0.0019%
$ 223.8k
Kentaro Hyakuno
Group Executive VP9.1yrsJP¥199.00m0.014%
$ 1.7m
Akihito Kurozumi
Group Senior Managing Executive Officer2.3yrsno datano data
Kyoko Altman
Executive Officer & GM of Investor Relations Departmentno datano datano data
Naho Kono
Group Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer6.5yrsno datano data
Masatada Kobayashi
Group Managing Executive Officer & Group Chief Culture Officer19.1yrsno datano data
Hiroshi Takasawa
Group Executive VP9.1yrsno datano data
Koichi Nakamura
Group Managing Executive Officer6.3yrsno datano data
Kuniaki Matsumura
Group Managing Exe. Off. & Senior VP of Ad & Media Company Senior Director of Global Ad Div.less than a yearno datano data
Ryo Matsumura
Group Senior Managing Executive Officer & President of Commerce & Marketing Company3.3yrsno datano data
Yoshiyuki Takano
Group Senior Managing Executive Officer Senior VP of Commerce & Marketing Company1.3yrsno datano data

6.5yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: RKUN.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder28.3yrsJP¥196.00m11.98%
$ 1.4b
Kenji Hirose
Group Executive VP2.2yrsJP¥111.00m0.0019%
$ 223.8k
Kentaro Hyakuno
Group Executive VP4.2yrsJP¥199.00m0.014%
$ 1.7m
Sarah Jane Mackay Whitley
Outside Independent Director6.2yrsno datano data
Takashi Mitachi
Outside Independent Director9.2yrsno datano data
Katsuyuki Yamaguchi
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member24.2yrsno data0.0035%
$ 402.4k
Charles B. Baxter
Outside Independent Director14.2yrsno data0.0019%
$ 215.7k
Takaharu Ando
Outside Independent Director2.2yrsno datano data
Shigeki Habuka
Outside Independent Director2.2yrsno datano data
Tsedal Neeley
Outside Independent Director2.2yrsno datano data
Yoshito Naganuma
Audit & Supervisory Board Member2.2yrsno data0.00043%
$ 49.9k
Maki Kataoka
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member2.2yrsno datano data

3.2yrs

Average Tenure

60.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: RKUN.F's board of directors are considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/17 07:48
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/15 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Rakuten Group, Inc. is covered by 35 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Yoshitsugu SasakiAizawa Securities Co. Ltd.
Keiichi YoneshimaBarclays
Hiroshi YamashinaBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)