Shigenobu Nagamori
REAL TIME NET WORTH — as of 4/26/17
$3.5 B
- Shigenobu Nagamori is founder, chairman and CEO of motor manufacturer Nidec.
- Nidec bills itself as the world’s largest manufacturer of motors for hard-disk drives and optical drives.
- Nagamori aims to nearly double revenue to $18 billion by 2021, partly through acquisitions.
- Nagamori owns just over 12% of the company.
Nagamori is the founder and chairman of Nidec, the world’s biggest maker of the motors found in hard disk drives. The Kyoto, Japan-based company is publicly traded and had revenue of 1.5 trillion yen ($13.4 billion) for the year ended March 2018. Since its founding in 1973, Nidec has purchased more than 50 companies.
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