January 27, 2006 | posted by Michael Baxter in Uncategorized |

And finally, returning to Japan, Takafumi Horie, the tee shirt wearing establishment upsetting, dot com entrepreneur, who is loved by the young, hated by the old, and has seen his company expand by acquisition, rather than via the good old fashioned Japanese way of sweat, toil and organic rise in sales, is unlikely to return to the company he founded. In the midst of accountancy irregularities, Mr Horie resigned from his post as chief executive of Livedoor, found himself arrested, and now his replacement, President Kozo Hiramatsu has said of his high profile whiz kid who attracts controversy like honey attracts bees: “His return to management will never be possible as long as I am president.”