Yasuo Takei

Yasuo Takei

Yasuo Takei (武井保雄, "Takei Yasuo") (January 4, 1930 – August 11, 2006 [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207888,00.html FOXNews.com - Japan's Richest Man, Worth U.S. $5.4 Billion, Dies at 76 - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News ] ] ), was the founder and former chairman of Takefuji (武富士), Japan's number one consumer finance group.

On 17 November 2004 he was given a three year suspended sentence for wiretapping and defamation of character, after ordering the phones of two freelance journalists who had written articles critical of Takefuji to be bugged between December 2000 and February 2001. [ [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/weekly/news/nn2004/nn20041127a5.htm 日本のニュースを英語で読むならジャパンタイムズウィークリー ] ] The defamation of character charge followed Takei's ordering Takefuji employees to place libelous statements about one of the journalists on its web site. [ [http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=16821 AsiaMedia :: JAPAN: Takefuji chief's wiretaps net suspended term ] ]

According to a "Forbes" survey in June 2006, Takei was the second-wealthiest person in Japan (after Masayoshi Son) - he possessed an estimated net worth of US$5.6 billion. [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=ae0N749YztH8&refer=japan Bloomberg.com: Japan ] ]

ee also

*List of billionaires

References

External links

* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=VA5Y&datatype=Person Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People]


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