Gen Fukunaga

Verite Investors Network (VIN). VIN is excited to have Gen Fukunaga as a business advisor. He is an experienced and distinguished entrepreneur and investor who recently retired from Funimation Entertainment which he founded in 1994. He later sold it in 2005 to a public company, purchased it back in 2011, and then sold it to Sony Pictures in October 2017. Gen is a trusted guide for enterprises requiring expert assistance with leadership development and business growth. Funimation is the leading distributor of Anime (Japanese animation), including over 700 brands, such as Dragon Ball Z, My Hero Academia, Ghost in the Shell, Afro Samurai, One Piece, Akira, Attack on Titan, Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and Your Name. With in-house title production, marketing, sales, and distribution, Funimation is a force to be reckoned with. The company has an annual production for English versions of over 1,000 TV episodes and movies, a very successful and fast growing subscription video streaming service, home video sold to all major retailers, broadcast sales to television networks, sales to all major digital download platforms, sales to all major video streaming platforms, and theatrical distribution. Plus, they have partnered with over 100 manufacturers of character-based products. Throughout his executive career, Gen has held leadership positions on various Boards and spends his time as a partner in several private equity groups. Prior to founding Funimation, he held positions at Tandem Computers who is currently connected to Hewlett Packard and Andersen Consulting, currently known as Accenture, and IBM. Gen received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University. He resides in Texas.