Makoto Rheault-Kihara

SVP Product, Hopper App & Media Hopper

Makoto Rheault-Kihara leads the Product and Growth teams at Hopper, North America's most downloaded travel booking app, with over 100 million installs and $600M raised. With a strong background in digital marketing and travel tech, Makoto previously served as Director of Marketing at Cruisehub, helping modernize cruise booking, and led search engine marketing at Busbud, a global bus travel platform operating in 80 countries. Makoto brings a data-driven, user-focused approach to scaling products and driving sustainable growth in competitive markets.