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Shoukei Matsumoto

Founder, Buddhist Monk, Interbeing, Japan

Shoukei Matsumoto
Ancestorist/Buddhist Monk
Chair & Co-Founder of Interbeing.
Founder of Institute of Temple Management
Visiting Professor at Musashino University, Japan
Alumni of Young Global Leaders from World Economic Forum (2013)

Shoukei Matsumoto received his BA in Philosophy at The University of Tokyo in Japan and MBA at Indian School of Business in India as an Ambassadorial Scholar of Rotary Foundation. He has notably published A Monk's Guide to Clean a House and Mind in more than seventeen languages, among other books. Matsumoto has also translated books, including Roman Krznaric's The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World. He has held lectures and workshops internationally, and has been featured on publications including the Japan Times, the Guardian and the Forbes Japan, which highlights Matsumoto as one of the "100 Hopes to Save the World" on its June 2023 issue.