Ambassador George Hara is an archaeologist, tech entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.

In private sector, he founded DEFTA Partners in 1985. He was considered one of the most prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalists in the 1990s. He led more than twenty tech companies to success in the U.S., Europe, UK, Israel, and Japan, including Borland, PictureTel, SCO, Tradex, Unify, Oplus Technolgies, Fortinet, CUORiPS. Mr. Hara also founded DEFTA Hong Kong Office, to invest and to foster next generation of entrepreneurs, to promote collaboration between Hong Kong and Japan, and to make Hong Kong China’s international innovation and technology hub.

He has served several posts in public office, such as Special Adviser to the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister of Japan, Special Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, and the Prime Minister’s Special Commissioner on the Government Tax Panel. He is an advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and he used to be the Intergovernmental Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to United Nations.

Ambassador George Hara also serves as Chairman of the Alliance Forum Foundation, and endeavors to promote the cultivation of new industries for a new era and to foster global leadership around the development of a next-generation core industry.