Euglena Co., Ltd. CEO Mitsuru Izumo
Selected for the World Economic Forum "Young Global Leaders 2012"

Euglena Co., Ltd.

　Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo) is a member of the World Economic Forum (URL: www.weforum.org), where Mitsuru Izumo, the president of the Company, is known for the Davos Conference. We would like to inform you that we have been selected for "2012".

　Young Global Leaders is a group of people under the age of 40 who have achieved remarkable results in politics, business, academia, etc. and are making social contributions. About 200 people are selected from all over the world every year. I am. Ten people, including Izumo, were selected from Japan for the "Young Global Leaders 2012".
　The members of "Young Global Leaders 2012" selected this time will be able to participate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to be held in Mexico from April 14th to 18th, 2012.

-Comment by Mitsuru Izumo, President and CEO-
　We are very honored to be selected as a member of the prestigious Young Global Leaders. Euglena Co., Ltd. will continue to study every day so that it can contribute to the global environment and human health by utilizing Euglena..

About Euglena Co., Ltd.
Head Office / Research Institute: 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo University Entrepreneur Plaza 7th floor
Tokyo Headquarters: Hatchery Shibuya, 14-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Business: In 2005, we succeeded in developing a large-scale culture technology for Euglena (Japanese name: Euglena), the world's first microalgae with excellent CO2 fixation capacity. Using Euglena, we develop and sell functional foods, cosmetics, etc., and conduct research for CO2 fixation, water purification, and biofuel production.

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-Contact for inquiries from the press-
Euglena Co., Ltd. Public Relations and IR Division