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HAJIME ‘JIMMY’ UBA

CEO, President, Kura Sushi USA

WHY: Runs technology-enabled Japanese restaurant concept, featuring revolving sushi service model. U.S. offshoot of Japan restaurant chain was established in 2008. First domestic location at Irvine’s Diamond Jamboree center.

RECENT: August IPO, first in OC this year, first restaurant IPO in U.S. in several. $150M valuation. Opened its 23rd location in August; 6.8K-SF restaurant in Garden Grove has seating for 244 guests.

QUOTABLE: “We expect to continue expanding our footprint throughout the U.S. and have plans to open 6-7 new locations in fiscal 2020,” Uba said as the Garden Grove site started operations.

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