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Horie: “I wasn’t running Livedoor because I liked doing it. I did it just because I was good at it.”

March 14, 2007
By Ken Worsley


Just a few days before his judgment on charges of financial market manipulation and fraud are to be handed down, Takafumi Horie, former CEO of Livedoor, granted an exclusive interview to the Japan Times.

My personal favorite quote from the interview:

I don’t see any meaning in corporations, so I don’t really understand why people keep asking me whether I want to establish one again. From now I’ll just do what I want.

The only question is whether or not that will be done from prison. Horie’s verdict is set to be delivered this Friday by the Tokyo District Court.

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3 Responses to “Horie: “I wasn’t running Livedoor because I liked doing it. I did it just because I was good at it.””

  1. Pellegrini on March 15th, 2007 12:17 am

    We all know that he’s going to jail.

  2. Ken Worsley on March 15th, 2007 1:30 am

    I just wish I could find a decent Vegas line on it…

  3. Pellegrini on March 16th, 2007 12:16 pm

    He was sentenced to
    two and a half years.

    I would love to see what evidence
    was presented in court (in court).
    Horie never confessed, so prosecutors
    must have had their hands full trying
    to prove that Horie was involved in /
    had direct knowledge of securities fraud.

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