At 34, She’s Gone From Goldman to Failed Artist to Startup Queen
- Hiring social network founder Naka also worked for Facebook
- Her startup, Wantedly, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2017
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By the age of 34, Akiko Naka has already experienced more career-wise than most people do in a lifetime.
She started by getting hired by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., where she worked as an equity saleswoman. When she left that job, she tried to make it as a professional manga comic artist. When that didn’t work out, she landed a job at Facebook Inc.