From the Editor
- Tadashi Yanai built and runs Tokyo-listed retail clothing empire Fast Retailing, parent of the Uniqlo chain.
- Fast Retailing's other brands include Theory, Helmut Lang, J Brand and GU.
- The company reported net profit of $2 billion on revenue of $19 billion for the fiscal year ended August 2023.
- Flagship brand Uniqlo has nearly 2,500 stores across 25 countries.
- Yanai wants his company to become the world's largest retailer, which means it would have to surpass H&M and Inditex (parent of Zara).
Wealth History
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Forbes Lists
#1
Japan's 50 Richest (2024)
#29
Billionaires (2024)
Personal Stats
- Age
- 75
- Source of Wealth
- Fashion retail, Self Made
- Residence
- Tokyo, Japan
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Waseda University
Did you know
Yanai resigned as an independent director from the board of SoftBank Group after 18 years, in December 2019.
Yanai grew up living above his parents' clothing store in a small town in Yamaguchi Prefecture in southwestern Japan.
Yanai has declared English as the company language at Fast Retailing.
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