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How Tetsuro Kano Turned KDDI into a Digital Juggernaut
In this episode of The CEO Diary, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable turnaround of KDDI under CEO Tetsuro Kano. When Kano took the helm in 2019, Japan's third-largest telecom was grappling with a saturated market, price wars, and a fading growth story. Rather than slashing costs or retreating, Kano made a contrarian bet: he doubled down on digital transformation, spun off the telecom infrastructure into a separate entity, and pivoted KDDI into a platform for fintech, e-commerce, and IoT. The results? Revenue surged 40% by 2025, and the stock tripled. Lucas breaks down the specific…
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