Business Leaders with Companies Based in Japan

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100

1. 1Tadashi YanaiYamaguchi · Japanese businessman$22.2B
2. 2Masayoshi SonFukuoka Prefecture · Japanese businessman$21.6B
3. 3Hiro MatsushitaKobe · Japanese businessman and former racing driver$2.7B
4. 4Yusaku MaezawaChiba · Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur$2B
5. 5Taizō SonTech founderChiyoda · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
6. 6Naoki HisayaTech founderOsaka · Japanese screenwriterUndisclosed
7. 7Shinji OritoTech founderOsaka · Japanese composerUndisclosed
8. 8Kinoko NasuTech founderTaitō-ku · Japanese writer, video game designerUndisclosed
9. 9Ryō ŌishiPublic company founderTokyo · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
10. 10Shozaburo ShimanoPublic company founderSakai · Japanese inventorUndisclosed
11. 11Yasuyoshi TokumaTech founderKajinochō · Japanese film producerUndisclosed
12. 12Tetsuya TayaPublic company founderShibuya · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
13. 13Hiroko YodaTech founderTokyo · Japanese writer and businesspersonUndisclosed
14. 14Tatsuya MinamiTech founderOsaka · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
15. 15Hajime KurotsuchiPublic company founderFukuoka Prefecture · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
16. 16Kagemasa KozukiTech founderTokyo · Japanese industrialistUndisclosed
17. 17Gonshirō KubotaPublic company founderOsaka · Japanese businessman (1870-1959)Undisclosed
18. 18Tokutarō InouePublic company founderSekido · Japanese politician (1859-1948)Undisclosed
19. 19Masamitsu NiitaniTech founderJapanese businessman and developerUndisclosed
20. 20Tsurumatsu ToshimitsuPublic company founderNishi-Shinjuku · Japanese politician and businessperson (1864-1945)Undisclosed
21. 21Masao HoribaPublic company founderKyoto · Japanese businessman (1924-2015)Undisclosed
22. 22Isao OkawaPublic company founderTokyo · (1926-2001) Japanese businessman, founder of CSK CorporationUndisclosed
23. 23Kōichi ŌkawaPublic company founderNishi-Gotanda · Japanese businessperson (1970-)Undisclosed
24. 24Syouji OugaPublic company founderKurashiki · Japanese businessman who founded a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange PrimeUndisclosed
25. 25Yohkichi OhsatoPublic company founderFujikawaguchiko · Japanese talent agency executiveUndisclosed
26. 26Takao YasudaPublic company founderAobadai · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
27. 27Gensaku KojimaPublic company founderNagoya · Japanese businessperson (1905-1989)Undisclosed
28. 28Kentarō OgawaPublic company founderKōnan · Japanese business manager (1948-2026)Undisclosed
29. 29Kobayashi TomijirōPublic company founderKuramaeUndisclosed
30. 30Kōji ObuchiPublic company founderRoppongi · Japanese entrepreneurUndisclosed
31. 31Giichirō OnoPublic company founderYokohama · Japanese businessperson (1918-2007)Undisclosed
32. 32Manabu YamanaTech founderUndisclosed
33. 33Noboru YamadaPublic company founderSakaechō · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
34. 34Takuya OkadaPublic company founderAEON Tower · Japanese businessman (1925-)Undisclosed
35. 35Nobutoshi ShimamuraPublic company founderMiyaharachō · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
36. 36Genzō Shimazu IPublic company founderNakagyō Ward · Japanese inventor and engineer (1839-1894)Undisclosed
37. 37Chiharu KawasakiPublic company founderMaihama · Japanese businessperson (1903-1991)Undisclosed
38. 38Kiyoshi IchimuraPublic company founderTokyo · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
39. 39Takeshi MitaraiPublic company founderOta · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
40. 40Tsutomu ShidaPublic company founderChōfugaoka · Japanese businessman (1934-2025)Undisclosed
41. 41Junpei MizusakiTech founderTokyoUndisclosed
42. 42Takaaki KidaniTech founderNakano · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
43. 43Taichi MurakamiPublic company founderKami-Ōsaki · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
44. 44Yoshihito KakiharaTech founderChiyoda · Japanese businessman (1938-2006)Undisclosed
45. 45Hiroshi MorishitaPublic company founderOsaka Prefecture · Japanese entrepreneurUndisclosed
46. 46Kazuo EnomotoTech founderChiyoda · Japanese designerUndisclosed
47. 47Masaya HashimotoTech founderTama · Japanese video game directorUndisclosed
48. 48Yasuhiko ShōgakiPublic company founderSaitama Prefecture · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
49. 49Shigenobu NagamoriPublic company founderMinami-ku · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
50. 50Riichi EzakiPublic company founderOsakaUndisclosed
51. 51Yutaka UrakamiPublic company founderFuchū-shi · Japanese businessman (1909-1972)Undisclosed
52. 52Kazunori UkigawaPublic company founderTokushima · Japanese programmerUndisclosed
53. 53Nobutsugu ShimizuPublic company founderYodogawa-ku · Japanese businessperson (1926-2022)Undisclosed
54. 54Shun'ya TōjiPublic company founderHarumi Island Triton Square · Japanese businessperson (1893-1961)Undisclosed
55. 55Masayuki KatoTech founderTachikawa · Japanese gaming developerUndisclosed
56. 56Shunji MeguroPublic company founderAsakita-kuUndisclosed
57. 57Sōma AizōPublic company founderShinjuku · Japanese businessman, philanthropist (1870-1954)Undisclosed
58. 58Sōma KokkōPublic company founderShinjuku · Japanese businesswoman, philanthropistUndisclosed
59. 59Hiroyoshi IshibashiPublic company founderMakuhari Techno GardenUndisclosed
60. 60Momosuke FukuzawaPublic company founderMinato · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
61. 61Seiemon InabaPublic company founderOshino · Japanese entrepreneur (1925-2020)Undisclosed
62. 62Tachikawa YūjirōPublic company founderKeikyu Group Headquarters · Japanese businessman (1862–1925)Undisclosed
63. 63Yoshiko ShinoharaPublic company founderTokyo · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
64. 64Minoru YoneyamaPublic company founderBunkyō-ku · Japanese businessman (1924–2019)Undisclosed
65. 65Masuichi MidoroPublic company founderHigashi-Shinbashi · Japanese entrepreneurUndisclosed
66. 66Hiroaki SugaPublic company founderTonomachi · Japanese biochemist, university teacher, and businessman (born 1963)Undisclosed
67. 67Fujita DenzaburōPublic company founderTokyoUndisclosed
68. 68Susumu FujitaPublic company founderDōgenzaka · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
69. 69Masaji TaniguchiPublic company founderShibakōen · Japanese businessperson (1913-2009)Undisclosed
70. 70Kenzō TsujimotoTech founderChūō-ku · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
71. 71Takami KondoPublic company founderSakuragaokachō · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
72. 72Ryōta KanaiTech founderChiyoda · Japanese neuroscientist (born 1977)Undisclosed
73. 73Tōjūrō IijimaPublic company founderIwamotochō · Japanese businessperson (1910-1989)Undisclosed
74. 74Riku TazumiPublic company founderDōgenzaka · Japanese entrepreneur, founder of ANYCOLOR Inc.Undisclosed
75. 75Noboru IshiguroTech founderMusashino · Japanese anime director (1938–2012)Undisclosed
76. 76Junichi MasudaTech founderSetagaya · Japanese video game developerUndisclosed
77. 77Minamoto TakahitoTech founderKyoto · Japanese entrepreneur, investor and businessmanUndisclosed
78. 78Hitoshi SakimotoTech founderNakano · Japanese composerUndisclosed
79. 79William CopelandPublic company founderNakano Shikinomachi · Norwegian-born American brewerUndisclosed
80. 80Matt AltTech founderTokyo · Japanese translator and writerUndisclosed
81. 81Naoshi NishimuraPublic company founderJapanese businessmanUndisclosed
82. 82Takahiro BabaTech founderNaniwa-ku · VISUAL ARTS founder, former presidentUndisclosed
83. 83Douglas MacArthurPublic company founderHigashishin-chō · United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)Undisclosed
84. 84Kazuo OkadaTech founderKōtō · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
85. 85Masahiro YugeTech founderTokyo · Japanese video game designer and composerUndisclosed
86. 86Takeo FujisawaPublic company founderMinato · Japanese businessman (1910-1988)Undisclosed
87. 87Takeda Chōbei IPublic company founderOsaka · Japanese businessman, founder of Takeda PharmaceuticalsUndisclosed
88. 88Sakichi ToyodaPublic company founderKariya · Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930)Undisclosed
89. 89Yoshio ShimizuPublic company founderOsaka Prefecture · Founder of SushiroUndisclosed
90. 90Yutaka ShimizuPublic company founderOsaka Prefecture · Founder of SushiroUndisclosed
91. 91Kazuhiko NishiTech founderTokyo · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
92. 92Tomohiro IidaTech founderKyoto · Japanese entrepreneur, CEO of Netsujo Inc.Undisclosed
93. 93Ryuichi SasakiTech founderMinato · Japanese business person, CEO of CTW Inc.Undisclosed
94. 94Yudai HitomiTech founderShinjuku · Japanese businessperson, CEO of Creative Tech Studio Inc.Undisclosed
95. 95Hirono OkamotoTech founderBunkyō-ku · Japanese artificial intelligence researcher and businesspersonUndisclosed
96. 96Yoshiki OkamotoTech founderChūō-ku · Japanese video game designer (born 1961)Undisclosed
97. 97Shin Kyuk-hoPublic company founderNishi-Shinjuku · South Korean businessman (1921–2020)Undisclosed
98. 98Kensuke TanakaTech founderMinato · Japanese lyricistUndisclosed
99. 99Gisaburō ShionoPublic company founderOsakaUndisclosed
100. 100Ryūichi MorishitaPublic company founderIbaraki · Japanese internistUndisclosed