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Shibusawa Eiichi

1840 - 1931

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Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa (渋沢 栄一; March 16, 1840 – November 11, 1931) was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism", having introduced Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double-entry accounting, joint-stock corporations and modern note-issuing banks. He founded the first modern bank based on joint stock ownership in Japan. The bank was aptly named The First National Bank (Dai Ichi Kokuritsu Ginkō, now merged into Mizuho Bank) and had the power to issue its own notes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shibusawa Eiichi is the 251st most popular businessperson (up from 263rd in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from Japan (down from 686th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Shibusawa Eiichi ranks 251 out of 847. Before him are Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Lee Shau-kee, Steve Fossett, Hans Wilsdorf, Vagit Alekperov, and David Icke. After him are George Gallup, Terry Gou, Isaac Carasso, Ray Dalio, William C. Durant, and Jimmy Lai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Shibusawa Eiichi ranks 36. Before him are Sisowath of Cambodia, Kuroda Kiyotaka, William, Prince of Orange, Friedrich Kohlrausch, Emin Pasha, and Namık Kemal. After him are Lars Fredrik Nilson, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, August Leskien, José Manuel Balmaceda, Marie Bracquemond, and Charles Booth. Among people deceased in 1931, Shibusawa Eiichi ranks 51. Before him are Eugene de Blaas, Thomas Lipton, Charles Algernon Parsons, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, David Bruce, and Chandra Shekhar Azad. After him are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Salvatore Maranzano, Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Lujo Brentano, Felix Blumenfeld, and Henri Mathias Berthelot.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shibusawa Eiichi ranks 695 out of 6,245. Before him are Ishirō Honda (1911), Hideo Sakai (1909), Masaki Yokotani (1952), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Kōdō Sawaki (1880), and Hiroji Imamura (1949). After him are Matsukata Masayoshi (1835), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), Emperor Sanjō (976), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), and Gunichi Mikawa (1888).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Shibusawa Eiichi ranks 9. Before him are Akio Morita (1921), Masayoshi Son (1957), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), and Iwasaki Yatarō (1835). After him are Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Akio Toyoda (1956), Norio Ohga (1930), and Tanaka Hisashige (1799).

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