# clm_31C66AA17BE8

subject: Preferred Networks (/record/preferred-networks.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Daisuke Okanohara  
valid_from: 2014-03-26  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-07  
confidence: 0.95  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-07  
cite: AsOf. "Preferred Networks founder: Daisuke Okanohara", as of 2014-03-26. Claim clm_31C66AA17BE8, https://asof.is/claim/clm_31C66AA17BE8, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/.  
checked: 2026-11-07 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Daisuke Okanohara is the Chief Executive Officer of Preferred Networks (PFN) which he co-founded in March 2014

What https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/ (primary, Preferred Networks)
- https://www.preferred.jp/en/company/cofounders (primary, Preferred Networks)

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