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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikimoto Kōkichi has received more than 249,676 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikimoto Kōkichi is the 297th most popular businessperson (up from 300th in 2019), the 784th most popular biography from Japan (up from 805th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 297 out of 847. Before him are Charles Pathé, Albert Kahn, Arnon Milchan, John Cockerill, John DeLorean, and Silvio Santos. After him are Arthur Guinness, Douglas Tompkins, Frits Philips, Marc Rich, Paul Castellano, and Ida Straus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 73. Before him are Medardo Rosso, E. Nesbit, John A. Hobson, P. J. Kennedy, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Petar Bojović. After him are Eduard von Toll, Stjepan Sarkotić, Gerard Philips, Hans Rott, Anthon van Rappard, and Dhondo Keshav Karve. Among people deceased in 1954, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 64. Before him are Thành Thái, Franz Neumann, Yehuda Ashlag, José Millán-Astray, Fritz London, and Prince Ernst of Hohenberg. After him are Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Onofre Marimón, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Friedrich Meinecke, Wilhelm Brückner, and Frans G. Bengtsson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 784 out of 6,245. Before him are Ichiji Otani (1912), Sho Kosugi (1948), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Prince Koreyasu (1264), and Sanjō Sanetomi (1837). After him are Osamu Dezaki (1943), Arai Hakuseki (1657), Chishū Ryū (1904), Ashikaga Yoshihide (1538), Jirō Minami (1874), and Yusuke Omi (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Mikimoto Kōkichi ranks 12. Before him are Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Masayoshi Son (1957), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), and Eiji Toyoda (1913). After him are Tadashi Yanai (1949), Norio Ohga (1930), Akio Toyoda (1956), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), and Kaz Hirai (1960).

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