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Baron Masuda Takashi (益田 孝, November 12, 1848 – December 28, 1938), was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a zaibatsu through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan.
Description. Businessman. Born in Niigata, the son of a minor official to the magistrate of Sado. He studied English and accompanied Nagaoki Ikeda in the 1863 mission to Europe. In 1871, he entered Ministry of Finance at the invitation of Kaoru Inoue andserved as Zohei Gonnokami (Master of the mint). He resigned in 1873.
On July 1, 1876 the former Mitsui & Co.* was formed, with 16 employees and 27 year-old Takashi Masuda at the helm. It was what we would now call a venture capital company, and it maintained those values as a trading company.
Nov 12, 2020 · On this day, November 12 in the year 1848, one of the pioneers in the industrialization of Japan was born in Niigata prefecture. His name was Masuda Takashi, the man responsible for the early growth of Mitsui, one of the largest trading companies in the world.
"In this book Christine Guth examines the intimate relationship between art collecting, the tea ceremony, and business through the activities of Masuda Takashi (1848-1938), the highly charismatic director of the Mitsui conglomerate whose opulent life and passionate pursuit of art continue to influence new generations of aspiring business ...
Masuda formally retired in 1913, and devoted his energies towards the Japanese tea ceremony. He had residences in Odawara and Kamakura , where he hosted tea ceremonies. He founded one of the two most prestigious annual chakai in Japan, which - to this day - only invited economically prominent people. [4]
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Takashi Masuda. Takashi Masuda established a new form of business—the general trading company—and became Mitsui & Co.’s first president at the tender age of 29. Masuda is also renowned as the person who founded the Chugai Bukka Shimpo, the predecessor of the modern-day Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
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