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Yamaha Music Innovations Leaders Named to Billboard’s Inaugural Finance 50
HAMAMATSU, Japan, January 29, 2026--Yamaha Corporation today announced that Yusuke "Scott" Sugino, president and CEO of Yamaha Music Innovations, LLC (YMI), and Andrew Kahn, YMI’s managing partner, have been named to Billboard’s 2026 Finance 50 list, the U.S. music-industry publication’s newly established designation recognizing finance leaders shaping the future of the music industry.
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