Atsuhiko Sakamoto is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and is based in Tokyo, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Private Equity group's investment activities in Japan. Since joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Sakamoto has led all of the firm's private equity investments in Japan including Ayumi, Alinamin, Sony Payment Service, Infocom, I'rom and CMIC.
 

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sakamoto was a Managing Director at Bain Capital where he focused on private equity investments in Japan.
 

Mr. Sakamoto received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University.