Residence Tokyo, Japan Role Business person Nationality Japanese Net worth 24 billion USD (2015) | Parents Hitoshi Yanai Name Tadashi Yanai | |
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Born 7 February 1949 (age 75) ( 1949-02-07 ) Children Two sons, Kazumi Yanai and Koji Yanai Education Waseda University (1971), Ube High School Similar People Masayoshi Son, Hiroshi Mikitani, Kenichi Ohmae, Shigenobu Nagamori, Kazuo Inamori | ||
Tadashi Yanai - Billionaire Documentry - Entrepreneur, Retail, Innovation, Persistence
Tadashi Yanai (柳井 正, Yanai Tadashi, born 7 February 1949) is a Japanese businessman, the founder and president of Fast Retailing, of which Uniqlo (ユニクロ, "unique clothing") is a subsidiary. In January 2014 he was ranked 35th richest person in the world by Bloomberg, making him the richest man in Japan at the time with an estimated net worth of US$19.9 billion in 2009 and US$17.6 billion in 2014.
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- Tadashi Yanai Billionaire Documentry Entrepreneur Retail Innovation Persistence
- Cnn uniqlo boss tadashi yanai government lied to us
- Early life and education
- Career
- Published works
- Awards and honours
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- References
Cnn uniqlo boss tadashi yanai government lied to us
Early life and education
Yanai was born in Ube, Yamaguchi in February 1949. He attended Ube High School and later Waseda University, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science. His uncle was an activist for elimination of the settlement of discriminated lower class people, called Burakumin (minority group of Japanese society).
Career
In 1971, Yanai started in business by selling kitchenware and men’s clothing at a JUSCO supermarket. After a year at JUSCO, he quit and joined his father’s roadside tailor shop. Yanai opened his first Uniqlo store in Hiroshima in 1984, and changed the name of his father’s company Ogori Shoji to Fast Retailing in 1991. He has stated: "I might look successful but I've made many mistakes. People take their failures too seriously. You have to be positive and believe you will find success next time."
Published works
Awards and honours
Philanthropy
In March 2011, Yanai donated 1 billion yen to victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Personal life
He is the son of Kanichi Yanai and Hisako Mori Yanai. Yanai is married and has two sons, Kazumi and Koji, and lives in Tokyo.