Masayoshi Ito

Huffy Corp. design and manufactures bicycle products. It offers mountain bike, man’s cruiser’s bike, women’s cruiser bike, and Nassau cruiser bike. The company was founded by George P. Huffman in 1892 and is headquartered in Centerville, OH.

Maytag Corp. designs, manufactures and markets residential and commercial products. It operates in two segments, home appliances and commercialp products. Its home appliances segment engages in the manufacture, sale and servicing of laundry products, dishwashers, refrigerators, cooking appliances, and floor care products. It is located in Newton, IA

Transport Corporation of America, Inc. provides a wide range of truckload carriage and logistics services. It provides satellite-based communications with the fleet. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Eagan, MS.

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of video and radar image processing products used in traffic applications such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection. It operates through the Intersection and Highway business segments. The Intersection segment comprises sale of machine-vision product line, video products, international products, and royalties. The Highway segment consists of radar product lines sold domestically and internationally. The company was founded by Panos G. Michalopoulos on December 20, 1984 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

The Options Clearing Corp. provides equity derivatives clearing services. It provides central counterparty clearing and settlement services to stock exchanges and trading platforms for options, financial futures, security futures and securities lending transactions. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Metafarms, Inc. provides on-demand enterprise management software solutions for animal agribusinesses. The firm's I-Production features include inventory control, real-time operating performance and efficiencies, animal identification and tracking, and secure information distribution. The company was founded by Thomas E. Stein and Antony Joseph Christianson in 2000 and is headquartered in Burnsville, MN.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Fiskars Brands Inc. manufactures and markets cutlery and gardening tools. It also manufactures consumer and commercial products, such as sharpeners, sheaths, scissors, rotary cutters, ratchet hand tools, cutting tools, kitchen tools, and household products. The company was founded on November 7, 1984 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Digital River GmbH develops and manages e-Business solutions for software publishers. It was founded to use the internet as a global sales channel for software products. It offers outsourced e-commerce solutions and marketing services designed to help software vendors increase the worldwide sales of their products over the internet and through online channel partners. Its solution also offers physical shipment of shrink-wrapped products as well as a backup CD service, in which a customized CD-ROM is sent to the customer in addition to the download. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

JATCO Ltd. develops, manufactures and sells transmissions and automobile components. It manufactures automatic gearboxes and continuously variable transmissions. The firm also supplies AT/CVT to Japanese automakers including Nissan, Mitsubishi and Suzuki, as well as to manufacturers around the world such as Renault and GM. The company was founded on June 28, 1999 and is headquartered in Fuji, Japan.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital division of Norwest Partners founded in 1961. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Mumbai and Herzliya.

Carlisle Industrial Brake & Friction manufactures heavy-duty friction and braking systems for large trucks as well as industrial vehicles and equipment. Its main products include parking and emergency brakes, hydraulic controls and trailer brakes. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Bloomington, IN.

AmeriPride Services, Inc. engages in manufacturing, selling and renting. The firm's products include chef coats, shirts and pants, aprons, bar towels, tissues, paper towels, tablecloths, and napkins. It serves the automotive, industrial, hospitality and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Frank Steiner and George Steiner in 1889 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

AGA Medical Corp. manufactures medical devices used to treat structural heart defects and abnormal blood vessels. Its AMPLATZER products help improve patient outcomes, reduce length of hospital stay, and accelerate patient recovery times. The company was founded by Kurt Amplatz and Franck L. Gougeon on July 12, 1995 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Part of Adam Smith Cos. LLC, Cherry Tree & Associates LLC provides financial advisory services related to investment banking, investment management and wealth management services. The company is based in Minnetonka, MN. The company was founded by Anton Joseph Christianson. The CEO is Gordon Fairchild Stofer.

Part of The Home Depot, Inc., THD At-Home Services, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells home improvement products. The company is based in Atlanta, GA.

Part of Adam Smith Management LLC, cherry tree & associates is a private investment banking firm based in Minnetonka, MN. The company has over four decades of transaction experience and specializes in sell-side and buy-side M & A engagements with middle market companies.

Cherry Tree Associates LLC provides commercial real estate services. The company was founded by Anton Joseph Christianson and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Part of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Black & Decker is a company that manufactures industrial tools and household hardware products. The company is based in Towson, MD.