wagyl wrote:While there is no doubt that his claims of being a Harvard MBA and having studied at the Sorbonne are false, the jury is still out on his ancestry.
Definitely not half or quarter cockAsian as he claims. Japanese. The magic of extensive plastic surgery. Former high school classmates weren't able to recognize him. Also, his 'native' English is weird/off...
ECC Commercial ...
Old program...
Profile is chock-full of fake claims...
https://web.archive.org/web/20141230063 ... ile-e.html
Sean McArdle Kawakami aka Sean K has an Irish American-Japanese father and a Japanese mother. Born in New York City, NY USA and transferred to Japan at the age of eleven, he was raised and educated in Japan until graduation from high school, then returned to US for college education and spent two years in France.
Through his professional career at a US management consulting firm and a private equity investment firm, he was engaged in a variety of consulting and advisory services for such domestic and international business transactions as mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, technology transfers, and venture finance and IPOs.
In 1995, he founded and was elected as President and Managing Partner at an international management consulting and private equity investment firm, Bradstone Management Initiative Limited (BMI) headquartered in New York City, NY., USA. With seven global operations in Tokyo, Singapore, Los Angeles, Paris and Milan, Sean provides strategic consulting and advisory services for wide-ranging corporate needs: corporate development, business strategy and turnaround (restructuring) etc., and serves as a leader of BMI global investment group that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.
Also, Sean is engaged in various advisory services for national and regional governments in Europe and Asia. Besides, he is very passionate in support and incubation of venture firms and provides skill development trainings for corporate leaders and entrepreneurs. He lectures on "Strategic Maket Entry" and "Business Developement and leadership for Entrepreneurs" at domestic and international business schools, research institutes, and think tanks.
Sean is very active in the media sector, currently working as a host, a personality, and a guest speaker for business programs on TV and radio in Tokyo, Japan. He has interviewed more than 600 CEOs, entrepreneurs, and businesses professionals at the radio show aired in Tokyo metropolitan area, "Make IT 21" on 81.3FM J-WAVE of which he serves as a host for almost 12 years (since October, 2012). In contrast to his professional background, he enjoys doing a lot of voiceovers for TV commercials, movies, and commercial videos, and doing MC for wide variety of press conferences, even fashion shows, and premier screening shows inviting Hollywood celebrities, etc.. His professional careers, versatile activities, and insightful opinions on business, politics and economy are covered and highlighted by many business magazines, newspapers, TV and related internet sites.
Copying from all sorts of sources like this one: Carlyle Group
http://www.marketswiki.com/wiki/Carlyle_Group
The Carlyle Group is a private equity global investment firm based in Washington, D.C. with more than $91.5 billion under management.
It originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.
The group manages 64 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance). It has offices in 21 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.[1]
It focuses in particular on these sectors: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.
The Group owns companies as diverse as the TV ratings firm Nielsen, doughnut seller Dunkin' Brands, and former General Motors unit Allison Transmission.[2]
People who work for or have worked for the Carlyle Group include George Bush Senior, former Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt.[3]
And, he apparently doesn't know when to stop...here, in his Linkedin profile, he claims he has a CFA!
http://archive.is/QHhVY