About CXO

Systematizing the process from launching new businesses to increasing value and exiting

Masahide Hirayama

Representative Director and CEO

He started his own company while studying at the University of Tsukuba. He has acquired six companies through M&A and sold five of them by acquiring existing businesses, fundamentally increasing their value, and drawing up and executing strategies leading up to an exit.

Mari Hashimoto

Executive Officer and COO (New Business Development Division)

She dropped out of Ferris University. She worked in accounting and as a secretary to a consulting firm. In 2018, she became CEO of COMME PARIS Co., Ltd. She expanded sales eight-fold in five years and sold the company to a long-established domestic PE fund. She is currently in charge of new business development within the company, utilizing her knowledge as a serial entrepreneur. She is preparing to open an English school for children.

小田垣栄司

Advisor

Graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University. Invested in 15 companies, including Chrono Factory, and took a hands-on approach to building organizations and improving business performance.

About
Company

Company name: Chrono Factory Co., Ltd.

(English: CRONO FACTORY, Inc.)

Address: 2-2-15 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0013

Established: April 15, 2011

Representative Director Masahide Hirayama

Executive Officer and COO Mari Hirayama

Advisor: Eiji Odagaki

External Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takao Yano

Legal Advisor Legal Strategy Law Office

Financial Advisor: Himawari General Law, Legal and Accounting Office

Number of employees: 6 (as of the end of November 2023)