Yoshimitsu
Kobayashi studied
at the University of Tokyo and graduated in 1969. He then went on to earn a Master of Science in
Interdisciplinary Science in 1971 from the same university. Yoshimitsu gained
further knowledge studying Radiation Physics in 1973 at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Israel and at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. He earned a
PhD in 1975 from the University of Tokyo.
He started his career with Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation in 1974 and held various positions in the company. Yoshimitsu was
promoted to general manager of the storage media department in 1996. He was
appointed chief technology officer in 2005.
Yoshimitsu
served as president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation and the president of Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. In April 2007 he
became responsible
for the whole Group becoming president and CEO of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings.
Mitsubishi
Chemical Holdings is one of the largest chemical companies in the world.
Yoshimitsu has continued to grow the company through acquisitions and strategic
partnerships.
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