S oichiro Minami is a self-made Japanese technology entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Visional, the parent company of the professional networking and job-search platform, BizReach. After a career in investment banking, Minami founded BizReach in 2009 with the goal of disrupting Japan's traditionally rigid and hierarchical recruitment industry. His platform was one of the first in Japan to introduce a subscription-based model for high-end professionals.

BizReach allows job seekers to pay a fee to access premium job listings and connect directly with headhunters and corporate recruiters, a model that empowers individuals to take more control over their careers. The concept was a success, and the company has grown into a major player in Japan's online human resources space, expanding into other areas of HR technology. Minami took the parent company, Visional, public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2021, a highly successful IPO that turned him into a billionaire and a key figure in Japan's new generation of tech entrepreneurs.