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SBI Middle East
The SBI Group
Backed by SBI Holdings (Tokyo) — with the Middle East named a priority region.
Our parent group
Backed by SBI Holdings
Founded in 1999 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, SBI Holdings is a global financial-services group operating across finance, asset management, investment and technology — with a network of group companies spanning Asia and beyond.
- Tokyo Stock Exchange–listed
- A global financial-services group since 1999
- Diversified across core business segments
- Deep global investment and technology expertise
Under its medium-term vision toward the Group's 30th anniversary in FY2028, SBI Holdings is strengthening its overseas businesses — and has named the Middle East one of its priority regions.
The Group's five businesses
Beyond finance, with finance at its core
SBI Holdings' five business segments — and what each brings to partners in the Middle East.
Financial Services Business
For the Middle East Banking, securities and insurance expertise for the region's fast-growing fintech and digital-banking ambitions.
PE Investment Business
For the Middle East Growth capital and venture expertise for regional companies, executed locally through BIM Capital.
Asset Management Business
For the Middle East Products that channel Japanese capital into the region — such as the first Saudi Arabia ETF listed in Tokyo.
Crypto-asset Business
For the Middle East Regulated digital-asset and stablecoin know-how for the region's digital-economy agenda.
Next Gen Business
For the Middle East AI, semiconductor and gaming partnerships that bring Japanese technology to the Kingdom and beyond.
Diagram and segment names: SBI Holdings, Inc. Learn more at sbigroup.co.jp/english/business
The founder
Yoshitaka Kitao
Founder · Representative Director, Chairman, President & CEO, SBI Holdings
Mr. Kitao founded the SBI Group in 1999 with the conviction that the Internet would transform finance. Under his leadership, the Group grew from a venture-capital pioneer into one of Japan's most diversified financial groups, guided throughout by the Customer-centric Principle.
A prolific author on management and finance, he draws his philosophy from the Chinese classics — teaching that a company exists for society, and that public benefit leads to private benefit.
"For the Good of Society and for the Good of People."
Our philosophy
The Five Corporate Missions
The management philosophy inherited from SBI Holdings guides everything SBI Middle East does.
01
Sound Ethical Values
Judge every action not only by law or profit, but by whether it is socially equitable.
02
Financial Innovator
Transcend traditional methods and bring financial innovation to the forefront of the industry.
03
New Industry Creator
Lead in creating and cultivating the core industries of the 21st century.
04
Continual Self-Evolution
Adapt flexibly to change through ingenuity and self-transformation.
05
Fulfill Social Responsibility
Recognize our responsibility as a member of society and contribute to its betterment.
Corporate Culture DNA
Speed
Timely decisions with a focus on action.
Innovation
Pursue creativity beyond past successes.
Self-evolution
Evolve with every change in the environment.
Our story
From Tokyo, 1999 — to Riyadh, today
1999
The SBI Group is founded in Tokyo as a pioneer of Internet-era finance and venture investment.
2002
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2005
Renamed SBI Holdings; the Group's first overseas office opens in Beijing.
2007
Singapore investment base established, anchoring expansion across Asia.
2018
AI & Blockchain Fund launched; crypto-asset trading services begin.
2021
SBI Shinsei Bank joins the Group; Osaka Digital Exchange is founded.
2023
The "ZERO Revolution" makes online domestic stock trading commission-free; "START," Japan's first security-token market, opens.
2024
SBI Middle East is established in Riyadh — the Group's hub for the Middle East. The first Saudi Arabia ETF lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and BIM Capital is announced at FII8.
2025
MOUs signed in Saudi Arabia with Alfanar Group, Entrepreneurship Vision and Savvy Games Group; European digital bank Solaris joins the Group.
Global network
The SBI Group around the world
The SBI Group operates offices across 26 countries and regions. SBI Middle East carries this worldwide network into Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East.
Sustainability
Growing responsibly
Sustainability is embedded in the Group's founding philosophy — "for the good of society and for the good of people" — and aligns naturally with the sustainability agenda of Saudi Vision 2030.
Net-zero commitment
The Group targets net-zero emissions by FY2050, with sustainability oversight at board level through a dedicated committee chaired by the CEO.
Sustainable finance
Group companies originate green, social and impact finance — from green bonds to renewable-energy investment such as solar power generation.
People & society
Diversity, human-capital development and community contribution — from children's welfare foundations to the SBI Graduate School.
Let's build the bridge together
Whether you are a Japanese or Asian company entering the region, or a regional institution seeking global partners — our team in Riyadh is ready to talk.
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