Following GMOインターネットグループ's transition to a holding company structure, Ito Tadashi (伊藤 正) became president and representative executive officer. He graduated from Osaka University of Economics and is from Hyogo Prefecture. After holding positions at InterQ and elsewhere, he currently also serves as an executive of the group's main operating company.
After graduating from Osaka University of Economics, Ito Tadashi (伊藤 正) worked at a securities firm before joining InterQ. Since joining the company in 1997, he has held key positions as it developed into what is now GMOインターネットグループ, contributing to the growth of the group's infrastructure and advertising and media businesses.
In management roles at the company, he served successively as general manager and director, managing director, senior managing director and executive vice president, becoming executive vice president in 2020. In January 2025, he became president and representative executive officer of the current GMOインターネット株式会社.
His appointment as president in 2025 was related to the transition to a holding company structure and the associated business reorganisation. GMOアドパートナーズ assumed the group's core infrastructure business, and Ito Tadashi (伊藤 正) took charge of the operating company under the new structure.
Ito Tadashi (伊藤 正) currently also holds an executive position at the group's core company, overseeing management as president while also supervising the group's infrastructure business. The group has stated that it plans to expand services, including in the AI field, and strengthen business competitiveness.