Takao Yasuda
$5.3B
Born
May 07, 1949
Age
76
Source of Wealth
Retail
Residence
Singapore,
Citizenship
Japan
Marital Status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Keio University
- Takao Yasuda founded discount retailer Don Quijote, now Pan Pacific International Holdings, in 1980.
- The retailer has nearly 750 stores and is publicly traded. It sells a wide range of products, from Rolexes to snacks to adult toys.
- He returned as a board director in 2019, after having stepped down as CEO and chairman in 2015. Yasuda's title at Pan Pacific is now founding chairman and supreme advisor.
- Supermarket UNY, formerly a part of retail and convenience-store operator FamilyMart UNY, is a 100% subsidiary.
- In September 2024, his 23-year-old son Yusaku was appointed to the company's board.
- In 2017, the company opened up its first store in Singapore, called Don Don Donki, part of an expansion in Southeast Asia.
- Yasuda's first retail venture was a discount store in Tokyo called Thieves' Market, which he opened in 1978.
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