This year marks my 26th year in the family office business.
For the first time,
I am offering it as a service beyond a single family office
— PLUTO.
PROFILE：
Founder Hiroaki Ikeda
IN THE EARLY 2000s
I joined the formative stage of a family office established by the founder of Hikari Tsushin, Inc.
According to Forbes, he was ranked No. 5 on the World Wealth List at the time, with a net worth that reached a peak of approximately USD 42 billion.
OVER MORE THAN 16 YEARS
participated in the core investment, asset management,
and family office functions throughout the formative and expansion phases.
THE FINAL SIX YEARS
were spent as Managing Director and President.
SINCE THEN
I founded and have since run my own family office,
to the present day.
PERSPECTIVES
Over time, investment, business, and ART naturally converge.
Within leading family offices, a distinctive way of thinking has evolved
— one that emphasizes structure, long-term perspective, and the ability to recognize what truly matters.
Through AI × PLUTO,
these perspectives are becoming more accessible to those responsible for building, preserving,
and allocating capital across generations.
ARCHIVE
Long-term Observations Across Art, and Culture.
Selected writings accumulated over time.Records of art fairs and markets around the world
( 2008 — 2013 )
LINKS of Selecte d Archives
(originally written in Japanese)
Notes from the first Art HK. Telling that the main sponsor was Lehman Brothers
— a snapshot of the mood at the time.
Posted June 2008, five years before Art HK was acquired by Art Basel Hong Kong.
・KIAF 08 and International Art Fairs (2008)
（ Available on Desktop browsers Only）
From Art Basel Basel in Switzerland to Art Basel Miami Beach at the end of the year.
Explore the atmosphere of the international art fair scene in 2008.
・The Heat Just Before the Lehman Collapse
A post on how the whole market was running hot in the months before Lehman fell,
with some thoughts on auction results in Japan and overseas. Posted July 2008.
Posted in April 2009, on a speaking appearance at the 101 Art Fair,
where I spoke on family offices and art collecting. Available for Viewing on Desktop Only cv
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