Quartz’s new owner ready to fight Facebook, Twitter on home turf


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 20 Sep 2018

Yusuke Umeda, co-chief executive officer of Uzabase Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Umeda, the 37-year-old co-founder of Uzabase, is considering moving his firm’s headquarters to the U.S. just months after agreeing to pay as much as $110 million for New York-based news publication Quartz. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Yusuke Umeda is showing unusual commitment to turning his little-known Japanese company into a global media power. 

The 37-year-old co-founder of Uzabase Inc is considering moving his firm’s headquarters to the US just months after agreeing to pay as much as US$110mil (RM455.12mil) for New York-based news publication Quartz. He is already spending most of his time in the US and has moved his family there. 

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