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Tadashi Yanai

1949 - Today

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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"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tadashi Yanai has received more than 970,815 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tadashi Yanai is the 314th most popular businessperson (down from 306th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from Japan (down from 812th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Tadashi Yanai ranks 314 out of 847Before him are Stefan Persson, Alfred Edwards, Amadeo Giannini, Bertha Krupp, Alice Walton, and Johanna Quandt. After him are Henry E. Steinway, David Stern, Ma Huateng, Jerry Buss, Carlos Tavares, and Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Tadashi Yanai ranks 216Before him are Yūsaku Matsuda, Bill Bruford, Alice Walton, Edu, Michio Yasuda, and Valentin Inzko. After him are Alan Lancaster, Jamil Mahuad, Jorge Bucay, Ottavia Piccolo, Gabriel Yared, and Antônio Fagundes.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadashi Yanai ranks 828 out of 6,245Before him are Hide (1964), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Michio Yasuda (1949), Takashi Ono (1931), Kuroki Tamemoto (1844), and Takiji Kobayashi (1903). After him are Itō Sukeyuki (1843), Isao Iwabuchi (1933), Naoto Tajima (1912), Goro Shimura (1930), Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), and Toshio Miyaji (null).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Tadashi Yanai ranks 13Before him are Masayoshi Son (1957), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), and Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858). After him are Norio Ohga (1930), Akio Toyoda (1956), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Kaz Hirai (1960), and Masaji Kiyokawa (1913).