村上豪英：Unnatural ways to build social capital

MURAKAMI Takehide

むらかみたけひで。1972年生まれ。株式会社村上工務店代表取締役社長（総合建設業）、神戸モトマチ大学代表（学びを通じて人の輪を生みだすプロジェクト）、有限会社リバーワークス代表取締役社長（まち・不動産の企画）。都市と自然の両立をめざして、大学院で生態学を学んだ後、シンクタンクに勤務。阪神淡路大震災をきっかけとして神戸と建設業への関心が高まり、株式会社村上工務店に入社して現在は代表取締役社長。また、公益社団法人日本青年会議所の議長などを経て、2012年には一般社団法人神戸青年会議所の理事長をつとめた。東日本大震災直後に、神戸のまちの復興に少しでも役立ちたいと考え、2011年6月「神戸モトマチ大学」を設立。以来、約40人のスタッフに支えられ、学びを通じて人の輪を生みだすことに挑戦中。趣味はフライフィッシングとサッカー、トレッキング、SUPなど。

Born in 1972, Murakami is now the representative director of Murakami General Construction Co., Ltd., the director of Kobe Motomachi Daigaku (a project to connect people’s ties through learning), and the representative director of Riverworks Co. (a company of city and real estate planning). He learned ecology in the post graduate school to realize the coexistence of city and nature, before working in a think tank company. Murakami’s interest in Kobe and construction industry grew since the Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake and started working in Murakami General Construction Co., Ltd. with his current job title as representative director. He served as the chairman of Junior Chamber International Japan (JCI-I) before assuming the director of Junior Chamber International Kobe in 2012. Murakami founded Kobe Motomachi Daigaku in 2011 June, right after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, with the thought of helping Kobe recover from the disaster which occurred in 1995. Supported by about 40 staff, Murakami’s challenge is to create people’s ties through learning. His hobbies are fly fishing, soccer, trekking, SUP and others.