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Founder of Uniqlo

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Tadashi Yanai Biography

The fourth-largest apparel firm in the world with over 2,000 retail locations and a portfolio of brands, including Uniqlo, Helmut Lang, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, and Princesse tam. Tam, J Brand, and g.u., Tadashi Yanai is the most successful businessman in Japan. By 2020, Uniqlo hopes to reach $50 billion in revenues, primarily through the US, China, and online growth. The Unique Clothing Warehouse, abbreviated to Uniqlo, was the name of a new store Yanai founded in Hiroshima in 1984 after taking over as president of his father's clothing firm, which had 22 locations. In Japan, there were over 300 Uniqlo outlets by 1998. "Uniqlo is not a fashion firm; it is a technological company," Yanai is known for stating. And the brand's method of producing clothing is more in line with the iterative product development process preferred by the technology sector than with the cyclical, trend-driven rhythm of the fashion business. It's inaccurate to refer to Uniqlo as a "fast fashion" brand, despite the name of its parent company. While Zara has grown to be the largest apparel company in the world by quickly adapting to rapidly changing fashion trends and shipping products from the factory to the store in about two weeks, Uniqlo takes the exact opposite approach and plans production of its essential wardrobe items up to a year in advance. Despite his reputation as an inspiring leader, Yanai is as modest as ambitious. He said to Monocle magazine: "I may appear to be successful, but I've had numerous failures. People are earnest about their mistakes. You must think positively and believe the next time will be different." Yanai graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Politics in 1971 from Waseda University after attending Ube High School. The Sendai earthquake victims received a 1 billion Japanese yen donation from Yanai in March 2011.

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