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Mikimoto Kōkichi

1858 - 1954

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Kokichi Mikimoto (Japanese: 御木本 幸吉, Hepburn: Mikimoto Kōkichi; 25 January 1858 – 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto. He was inducted into the House of Peers by imperial decree and posthumously awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure. On 18 April 1985, the Japan Patent Office selected him as one of Ten Japanese Great Inventors. The company was ranked as one of the world's most luxurious brands by Women's Wear Daily Magazine and Mikimoto was considered one of the best Japanese financial leaders of the 20th century by Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikimoto Kōkichi is the 414th most popular businessperson (down from 297th in 2019), the 1,059th most popular biography from Japan (down from 784th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 414 out of 847. Before him are Alan Lomax, Robert Monroe, Nino Cerruti, John Elkann, Emil Rathenau, and Reed Hastings. After him are Gustav Wiederkehr, Lawrence Stroll, Ivy Lee, Stafford Beer, Frédéric Vasseur, and Jim Walton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 94. Before him are Wilhelm Fliess, E. Nesbit, John L. Sullivan, Bipin Chandra Pal, Eduard von Toll, and Gerard Philips. After him are Helen Churchill Candee, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Oskar Minkowski, Edmond Aman-Jean, Ferdinand Albin Pax, and Heinrich Zille. Among people deceased in 1954, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 95. Before him are José Millán-Astray, Thành Thái, Émile Mâle, Vilhelm Buhl, Henri Laurent, and Werner Bischof. After him are Mikhail Prishvin, Leonard Eugene Dickson, Hella Wuolijoki, John Lennard-Jones, Pyotr Leshchenko, and Vera Gaze.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 1,059 out of 6,245. Before him are Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Uesugi Harunori (1751), Takehide Nakatani (1941), and Atsuo Watanabe (1974). After him are Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945), Masaru Uchiyama (1957), Taisuke Hiramoto (1974), Noriko Ohara (1935), Shigefumi Mori (1951), and Uemura Shōen (1875).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 17. Before him are Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Akio Toyoda (1956), Norio Ohga (1930), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), and Tatsumi Kimishima (1950). After him are Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), Hiro Matsushita (1961), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Maki Kaji (1951), Shuhei Yoshida (1964), and Hiroshi Mikitani (1965).

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