Ep 20 Terrie Lloyd, 40 years in Japan, entrepreneur, father, and mentor

CEO Japan Travel KK, CEO MetroWorks KK, Japan Inc Holdings KK
Terrie Lloyd is a dual-national of Australia and New Zealand, who has lived in Japan for 40 years. He formed his first company on a working holiday visa at the age of 25, in Japan, and has established more than 17 companies in Japan (10 others internationally) since then. He has had 8 successful earn-outs: LINC Computer and HK-based TechMan sold to EDS in 1995, LINC Media Web division sold to Chinadotcom of HK in 2000, Layer-8 Technologies spun out to ThetaMusic in Japan in 2003, DaiJob Software KK sold to a Nikko Principal in 2004, DaiJob Inc. sold to Human Holdings of Japan in 2005, Esphion NZ sold to Allot Corporation of Israel in 2008, and BiOS KK, an IT company, sold to co-investors then on to TMJ KK of Japan in 2013.

Of the above companies, DaiJob.com was particularly notable, as it was Japan’s first mid-career recruiting portal, and within 24 months of starting had 160,000 registered users interacting in both English and Japanese.

Currently Lloyd is Founder and CEO (or co-CEO) of the following companies:
1. Japan Travel KK– Japan’s largest (by content volume) and second largest (by traffic)
inbound travel site.The company has three teams: Media, which does publishing and
marketing, TA, which is a luxury/business Type 2 licenced travel agency, and Systems,
which looks after all the software development and systems integration operations.
www.japantravel.com.
2. MetroWorks KK – an innovative software development company, which built the Japan
Travel community engine. www.metroworks.co.jp.
3. Japan Inc. Holdings – an M&A/Fundraising consultancy. www.japaninc.com.
4. Toursoft International Pte Ltd – a travel tech company aiming to change the travel
agency and travel consulting market globally. www.toursoft.systems.

Other positions Lloyd holds include:
1. Director and shareholder of Core KK, a cybersecurity company with specialization in
forensics and corporate data protection tools, located in Tokyo, Japan.
www.coresecurity.co.jp.
2. Co-founding shareholder and external director of Precept Health SA, a Swiss-based medical devices connectivity company in the ICU and Acute Care sectors. www.precepthealth.com, www.aixelink.com
3. Director of Instinct Entertainment, a start-up mobile games and cloud software company,
based in Wellington, New Zealand.

Lloyd is married to a Japanese national, Kumiko, and has 4 daughters and 1 son, ranging from 35 years to 20. His hobbies are starting businesses, cycling and swimming, and hanging out with the kids.

Linked In Profile: linkedin.com/in/terrielloyd

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