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Residence
  
Tokyo, Japan

Role
  
Business person

Nationality
  
Japanese

Net worth
  
24 billion USD (2015)


Alma mater
  
Waseda University

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

Organizations founded
  
Uniqlo, Fast Retailing

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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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Early life and education

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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

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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

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  • One Win, Nine Losses (1991)
  • Throw Away Your Success in a Day (2009)

    • Awards and honours

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  • Yanai won the International Retailer of Year award for 2010 from the National Retail Federation in the US. He was the fourth Japanese national to win it, and the first since 1998, when it was won by Masatoshi Ito, owner and honorary chairman of the Ito-Yokado retailing group. He was also chosen as best company president in a survey of Japanese corporate executives by Sanno Institute of Management in 2008 and 2009.
  • In 2012 he was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.

    • Philanthropy

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    In March 2011, Yanai donated 1 billion yen to victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

    Personal life

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    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.



    References

    Tadashi Yanai Wikipedia
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