Yusuke Watanabe
Private Equity Investor at Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK
Profile
Yusuke Watanabe is a Managing Director and Partner on the Carlyle Japan Buyout advisory team, and the head of Consumer, Retail, Media, & Healthcare team in Japan.
He is based in Tokyo.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Watanabe was a project manager at Mitsubishi Corporation involved in global principal investments and turnarounds in the food ingredients, nutraceuticals, plastics and chemical sectors.
Since joining Carlyle in 2006, Mr. Watanabe has advised numerous consumer retail portfolio companies including packaged vegetable manufacturer, Meisui Bijin Factory, global color cosmetics contract manufacturer, Tokiwa, sustainable biomaterial developer, Spiber, and global brands such as Supreme and Golden Goose Deluxe Brand.
Mr. Watanabe is currently a board member of Tokiwa, Golden Goose Deluxe Brand Japan, and Spiber.
Formerly, he has been involved in providing advisory services for Covalent Materials, AvanStrate, Tsubaki Nakashima, and CxS.
Mr. Watanabe received his M.B.A.
from Harvard Business School and a B.A.
from Keio University majoring in economics.
Yusuke Watanabe active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK
Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK Investment ManagersFinance Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK (Carlyle Japan Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Private Equity Investor | 2005-12-31 |
Former positions of Yusuke Watanabe
Companies | Position | End |
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CoorsTek KK
CoorsTek KK Construction MaterialsNon-Energy Minerals CoorsTek KK develops and manufactures semiconductor materials. It offers general industrial, automotive, electric, and mechanical, semiconductor related, solar cell related, bio and medical related products. The company was founded on September 4, 1928 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Comptroller/Controller/Auditor | - |
Training of Yusuke Watanabe
Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
Keio University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 2 |
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CoorsTek KK
CoorsTek KK Construction MaterialsNon-Energy Minerals CoorsTek KK develops and manufactures semiconductor materials. It offers general industrial, automotive, electric, and mechanical, semiconductor related, solar cell related, bio and medical related products. The company was founded on September 4, 1928 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Non-Energy Minerals |
Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK
Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK Investment ManagersFinance Carlyle Japan Asset Management YK (Carlyle Japan Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Finance |
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