Daisuke Murata was born in 1961 in Kyoto, Japan, and grew up in that Japanese ancient capital city. Studied in Tokyo and California, US, and is working globally in varied business fields, top places of which his company occupies.
Education
April, 1984 Hitotsubashi University
Bachelor of Economics
June, 1990 Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Master of Business Administration
Experience
April,1984 Joined Kyocera Corporation(-1987).
April, 1987 Joined Murata Machinery, Ltd.
June, 1987 Murata Business Systems, Inc. / Dallas, TX(-1988)
August, 1994 Director of Murata Machinery
December, 1996 General Manager of Textile Machinery Division
Director, Sales & Marketing, Muratec Sales Ltd.
May, 1997 General Manager of Communication Equipment Division
September, 1997 Managing Director
June, 2000 Senior Managing Director
September, 2003 President and C.E.O.
Also
May, 2004 Vice president of Japan Textile Machinery Association
May, 2015 Chairman of Japan Institute of Material Handling
July, 2016 Chairman of Japan Advisory Board at SEMI Japan
Areas of Expertise
Murata Machinery, Ltd. Is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, and manufactures textile machinery, machine tools, logistics systems, factory automation, automated material handling systems for clean rooms, and communication equipment.
What have been the main lessons you have learned in your career and how do you implement them in your management?
Many of our products’ lives well exceed 10 years. As the third generation of a family business, I see “consistency” as the most important value in this changing world. Flexible adaption is not a value itself but one of the measures to be consistent over decades.
Mentors
Dr.Kazuo Inamori.
Quotes
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how”
