Tadashi Yanai
Tadashi Yanai
Tadashi Yanaiis a Japanese businessman, the founder and president of Fast Retailing, of which Uniqlois a subsidiary. He is routinely ranked as one of the richest men in Japan, and in January 2014 was ranked 35th richest in the world according to Bloomberg, making him the richest man in Japan with an estimated net worth of US$19.9 billion in 2009 and US$17.6 billion in 2014...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 February 1949
CountryJapan
money people
People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
collective people tend
I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
believe people provides western
People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
people stores
I learned that people dont buy anything from unknown stores.
people follow-me share
I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me.
The world's major metropolitan cities are more or less the same.
admire asian believe brand global next success
The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally.
trap
Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept.
apparel chasing improvement piece
In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.
believe best change cotton fabrics invented
Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
I think I may not be able to retire.