Tadashi Yanai (柳井 正 Yanai Tadashi?, born 7 February 1949) is a Japanese business owner, the owner of Fast Retailing, which Uniqlo (ユニクロ, “unique clothes”) is a subsidiary. In January 2014 he was ranked 35th richest person in the world by Bloomberg, making him the richest male in Japan with a projected net worth of US$ 19.9 billion in 2009 and US$ 17.6 billion in 2014.
Early life and also education and learning
Yanai birthed in Ube, Yamaguchi in February 1949. He attended Ube Secondary school as well as later Waseda University, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and also Political Science. His uncle was an activist for removal of the settlement of lower class , called Burakumin (minority group of Japanese society).
Career
In 1971, Yanai began in business by selling cookware as well as men’s clothing at a JUSCO . After a year at JUSCO, he quit and also joined his dad’s roadside dressmaker shop. Yanai opened his initial Uniqlo store in Hiroshima in 1984, and transformed the name of his dad’s business Ogori Shoji to Fast Retailing in 1991. He has actually stated: “I may look successful yet I’ve made lots of mistakes. take their failings also seriously. You need to be positive as well as believe you will discover success following time.”
Japan’s richest person is the chairman and biggest shareholder of Fast Retailing, the largest clothing retailer in Asia and parent of Uniqlo. The Tokyo-based group has about 1,000 stores and reported revenue of 1.9 trillion yen ($16.9 billion) in the year to Aug. 31, 2017. Yanai also owns two golf courses on Hawaiian island, Maui.
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