Motoki Tani

Chief Executive Officer, Animoca Brands Japan

Motoki Tani leads Animoca Brands Japan (ABKK) team with the mission to bring Japanese IP to the world and to bring Japan to Web3. ABKK was founded with the support and investment from major publishers and financial institutions in Japan to help the country with its national growth strategy in Web3.

Prior to co-founding ABKK, Moto was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Millennium Capital Management where he was responsible for Japan Macro Strategy Investments.

Before joining Millennium, he was a Portfolio Manager at Complus Asset Management and was responsible for running JPY Bond Trading business at JP Morgan. Moto started his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse and spent time as a derivatives trader at Bankers Trust and credit trader at Merrill Lynch.

Moto is a member of the Board of Directors at Shiraiwa, sake maker of IWA, to bring Sake to the world. He has co-founded Curioo Kids Japan to bring innovative learning to Japan.
He is an avid sports lover, taking a position as a Board of Director at Japan Sports Academy. Moto is also an advisor, member, MC, Auctioneer at my charity organizations.

Moto was born in Japan and moved to the United States at the age of 9 years old, where he grew up in Los Angeles and Mercer Island, WA.

Moto holds a BA in Government from Cornell University.