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Japanese billionaire retailer

The native form of this personal name is Yanai Tadashi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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").

^[1] As of December 2024, he was the richest person in Japan, with an estimated net worth of US$50.3 billion, and the 27th-wealthiest person in the world according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.^[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Yanai was born in Ube, Yamaguchi, in February 1949.^[5] He attended Ube High School and later Waseda University, graduating in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in economics and political science.^[6] His uncle was an activist for the minority group known as Burakumin, who have continued to suffer caste-based discrimination in