Yoshiko Shinohara
Yoshiko Shinohara is a Japanese business owner, the creator of Temp Holdings, as well as Japan’s initial self-made women billionaire.
Shinohara has a 25% stake in Temp Holdings.
Summary
| Yoshiko Shinohara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934/1935 (age 82–83) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | founder and chairman, Temp Holdings |
| Net worth | US$1.0 billion (January 2017) |
Yoshiko Shinohara started a temp-staff company in her one bedroom apartment forty years ago. The company grew enormously, with her as the chairperson — even though she possessed only a high school degree and secretarial experience. And now, at age 82, she is Japan’s first self-made billionaire.
But wait — She’s the first? According to Forbes, there are only 26 other self-made women billionaires in Asia. That’s a little low, especially when the men in the list of billionairesseem to go on and on and on. In 2016, women made up around 10 percent of the 1,810 billionaires there. Out of the 100 richest people in India in 2016, only four are women, and only one is a self-made billionaire — Kiran Majumdar.
Source:
1.Wikipedia