WHO AM I? I AM HALF-JAPANESE, HALF-CHINESE. (THAT COMBO IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.) I AM AN AMERICAN. A PUBLIC SCHOOL KID. MY DAD WAS AN ENGINEER AND PUT A MAN ON THE MOON. MY MOM IS A TEACHER, AND ONE OF MOST INQUISITIVE PEOPLE I KNOW. (REALLY, SHE PLAYS A WICKED GAME OF 20 QUESTIONS.) GROWING UP IN A HOUSE WHERE ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE, AND IT WAS OUR RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, I HAVE ALWAYS PURSUED MY INTERESTS, EVEN IF THEY WEREN’T CONVENTIONAL. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIST (NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THAT IDEA GOT IN MY HEAD), BUT FOUND MY REAL COMPASS-HEADING IN GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AT STANFORD. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GET A JOB, I WORKED AT APPLE. THEN WORKED FOR STEVE JOBS. THEN WORKED IN ADVERTISING. THEN FIFTEEN YEARS AGO STARTED STONE YAMASHITA PARTNERS. (YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THAT ENDEAVOR AT WWW.SYPARTNERS.COM). MOSTLY, I AM FASCINATED BY GREATNESS, AND WHAT MAKES PEOPLE STRIVE FOR IT.

WHO AM I? I AM HALF-JAPANESE, HALF-CHINESE. (THAT COMBO IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.) I AM AN AMERICAN. A PUBLIC SCHOOL KID. MY DAD WAS AN ENGINEER AND PUT A MAN ON THE MOON. MY MOM IS A TEACHER, AND ONE OF MOST INQUISITIVE PEOPLE

I KNOW. (REALLY, SHE PLAYS A WICKED GAME OF 20 QUESTIONS.) GROWING UP IN A HOUSE WHERE ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE, AND

IT WAS OUR RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING,

I HAVE ALWAYS PURSUED MY INTERESTS, EVEN IF THEY WEREN’T CONVENTIONAL.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIST (NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THAT IDEA GOT IN MY HEAD), BUT FOUND MY REAL COMPASS-HEADING IN GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AT STANFORD. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GET A JOB, I WORKED AT APPLE. THEN WORKED FOR STEVE JOBS. THEN WORKED IN ADVERTISING. THEN FIFTEEN YEARS AGO STARTED STONE YAMASHITA PARTNERS. (YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THAT ENDEAVOR AT WWW.SYPARTNERS.COM). MOSTLY, I AM FASCINATED BY GREATNESS, AND WHAT MAKES PEOPLE STRIVE FOR IT.

– KEITH YAMASHITA