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Tadashi Yanai

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Tadashi Yanai (柳井 正, Yanai Tadashi; born 7 February 1949) is a Japanese billionaire businessman and the founder and president of Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo ("unique clothing"). As of May 2025, he is the richest person in Japan, with an estimated net worth of US$50.3 billion, and the 28th-wealthiest person in the world according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tadashi Yanai is the 309th most popular businessperson (up from 314th in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from Japan (up from 828th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Tadashi Yanai ranks 309 out of 847. Before him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, George Williams, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Larry Silverstein, Robert Nobel, and Sergio Marchionne. After him are Jawed Karim, Arnon Milchan, Ivar Kreuger, Reggie Fils-Aimé, Maryana Iskander, and Eric Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Tadashi Yanai ranks 219. Before him are Tommy Mottola, Mineko Iwasaki, Dick Nanninga, David Foster, Rasim Delić, and Brent Spiner. After him are Thierry Sabine, José Pékerman, Philip Michael Thomas, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman, and Papa Wemba.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadashi Yanai ranks 817 out of 6,245. Before him are Takashi Miike (1960), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Atsuko Ikeda (1931), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Isao Inokuma (1938), and Chieko Hase (1956). After him are Donald Tsang (1944), Isamu Chō (1895), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Prince Koreyasu (1264), and Kinuyo Tanaka (1909).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Tadashi Yanai ranks 12. Before him are Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), and Mineko Iwasaki (1949). After him are Akio Toyoda (1956), Norio Ohga (1930), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), and Masaji Kiyokawa (1913).

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