Yoshiaki Murakami

Yoshiaki Murakami (村上世彰, Murakami Yoshiaki^?, born August 11, 1959 in Osaka) is a Japanese investor known for highly publicized corporate raid.^[1] He was the founder and the former president of M&A Consulting, Inc., usually known as the "Murakami fund".

He was formerly associated with Livedoor and was indicted ^[2] in the scandal involving securities law violations.

He was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 3 million yen and a record 1.15 billion yen surcharge for insider trading in 2004 and 2005, but is currently on bail while further appeals are pending.^[3]

Notes

^ "Japan's Most Talked about Corporate Raider". BusinessWeek online. 2005-11-10. http://japan.seekingalpha.com/article/4155.
^ Duarte, Hector (2006-06-23). "Top Japanese Fund Manager Yoshiaki Murakami Indicted For Insider Trading". All Headline News. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004005081.
^ "Japan's scandal-hit fund manager jailed for two years". Channel NewsAsia. 2007-07-19. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/289054/1/.html.

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Investor types	Private equity investors · Venture capitalists · Corporate raiders

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Name	Murakami, Yoshiaki
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Date of birth	1959
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