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Iwasaki Yatarō

1835 - 1885

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Iwasaki Yatarō (岩崎 弥太郎; January 9, 1835 – February 7, 1885) was a Japanese industrialist and financier known as the founder of Mitsubishi, one of Japan's largest conglomerates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iwasaki Yatarō is the 206th most popular businessperson (down from 117th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Japan (down from 240th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

Iwasaki Yatarō was a Japanese businessman who founded the Mitsubishi conglomerate. He is most famous for the Mitsubishi company, which he founded in 1870.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Iwasaki Yatarō ranks 206 out of 847. Before him are Lee Iacocca, Peter Sauber, Peter Thiel, Ludvig Nobel, Theodor de Bry, and Roy Raymond. After him are Adriano Galliani, Robert Trump, Ted Turner, Tom Wolf, Melitta Bentz, and Morris Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Iwasaki Yatarō ranks 34. Before him are Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Alexandrine Tinné, Shoqan Walikhanov, and Simon Newcomb. After him are Tomás Estrada Palma, Eugenio Beltrami, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Matsukata Masayoshi, Émile Combes, and Paul Du Chaillu. Among people deceased in 1885, Iwasaki Yatarō ranks 21. Before him are Charles George Gordon, Thomas Andrews, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Edmond François Valentin About, Ferdinand Hiller, and Henri Milne-Edwards. After him are Moses Montefiore, Zuo Zongtang, Aga Khan II, Gustav Nachtigal, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, and Louis Riel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Iwasaki Yatarō ranks 541 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirohiko Araki (1960), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Michio Ashikaga (1950), and Takao Nishiyama (1942). After him are Miki Matsubara (1959), Hideo Shinojima (1910), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), Michiyo Taki (null), Ōyama Iwao (1842), and Seiichi Sakiya (1950).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Iwasaki Yatarō ranks 8. Before him are Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Akio Morita (1921), Masayoshi Son (1957), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), and Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859). After him are Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Akio Toyoda (1956), and Norio Ohga (1930).

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