Primary Job Title Partner & Founder Primary Organization 
Unison Capital
Gender Male
Nobuyoshi John Ehara co-founded Unison Capital in 1998. Unison Capital, a pioneer in the private equity business in Asia, is among the region’s leading firms today. Mr. Ehara has spearheaded the firm since its inception, building its team and operations. Mr. Ehara was instrumental in establishing the Private Equity Association of Japan. Mr. Ehara
served as its first Chairman from 2005 to 2007, and again from 2013 till 2015. Mr. Ehara has served as Director of Asia Pacific Initiative, an independent think-tank based in Tokyo since May, 2013. He has been on the board of Sumitomo Corporation since June, 2016. He was appointed as a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum in 2018. Prior to founding Unison Capital, Mr. Ehara spent sixteen years as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, building its franchise in Japan. In 1988, he became the first Japanese to be selected General Partner of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Ehara worked at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York and Tokyo between 1978 and 1980. Mr. Ehara holds a B.S. in Architecture and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
