Joi Ito. Joichi "Joi" Ito (伊藤 穰一, Itō Jōichi? , born June 19, 1966) is a Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Director of the MIT Media Lab.[1] Ito has received recognition for his role as an entrepreneur focused on Internet and technology companies and has founded, among other companies, PSINet Japan, Digital Garage and Infoseek Japan.
He maintains a blog, a wiki and an IRC channel. Ito is a board member of the Sony Corporation,[2] The New York Times Company,[3] the John S. and James L. Family and education[edit] Joi Ito (circa 1981) Ito was born in Kyoto, Japan. Ito returned to the United States to attend Tufts University near Boston as a computer science major, where he met, among others, Pierre Omidyar, later founder of eBay.[11] Finding his course work too rigid and believing that learning computer science in school was "stupid",[11] Ito dropped out of Tufts to briefly work for Ovonics. Later life[edit] Journalism[edit] Media "lists" and honors[edit] References[edit] Joi Ito (Joi) Joi Ito's Web. Joi Ito's Socialtext Workspace / Joi Ito's Socialtext Workspace.