Joichi Ito is a co-founder and board member of Digital Garage, CEO of Neoteny and Creative Commons, chair of Six Apart Japany and board member of Technorati. He has created numerous Internet companies including PSINet Japan, Digital Garage and Infoseek Japan. Currently, he is researching "The Sharing Economy" as a Doctor of Business Administration candidate at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University in Japan. In 2008, Joi was named by Businessweek as one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web.