Portrait of Takao Yasuda

Rank #873

Takao Yasuda

Net worth $5.0B

Retail · Japan

Born
May 07, 1949
Age
77
Source
Retail
Residence
Singapore
Citizenship
Japan
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Keio University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • 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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