Livedoor

K. K. Livedoor (Japanese株式会社 ライブドア, Kabushiki - gaisha Raibudoa, Eng. Livedoor Co., Ltd.. ) Is a Japanese Internet company based in Nishi -Shinjuku, Tokyo Prefecture.

The company was the first ten years, led by its founder, Takafumi Horie. With more than 1000 employees, it is one of Japan's leading Internet companies. But it is notorious for its frequent mergers with other companies until she tripped over a cheating scandal and was bought by the Korean web portal NHN.

Livedoor was founded in 1995 as Livin 'on the Edge and operated by Horie and a few fellow students. 1996 saw the establishment of a management company, the YK On the Edge (有限 会社 オン·ザ·エッヂ, Yugen - gaisha On za Ejji, Eng. Livin ' On the EDGE Inc.), headquartered in Minato. In 1997 she was in K. K. On the Edge ( (株式会社 オン·ザ·エッヂ, Kabushiki - gaisha On za Ejji, Eng. Livin ' On the EDGE Co., Ltd.. Renamed ) and went in 2000 to the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In November 2002 she took over the bankrupt old KK Livedoor and then changed their name in 2003 Edge KK (エッジ 株式会社, Ejji Kabushiki - gaisha ) engl. edge. Co., Ltd. ), to finally take Livedoor 2004 as the new name.

From there, the company was named K. K. Livedoor.