Business Tycoon Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Was a bureaucrat, politician and entrepreneur in late Meiji and early Taisho period Empire of Japan.

Was a bureaucrat, politician and entrepreneur in late Meiji and early Taisho period Empire of Japan. He is noted for his involvement in the Siemens scandal of 1914 and in the development of the South Manchurian Railway.A native of what is now part of the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Yamamoto attended (but did not graduate) from the Kaisei Academy. He worked for Mitsui Bussan’s Yokohama branch office, which was heavily involved in foreign trade, and rose rapidly through the corporate ranks, becoming a Director of Mitsui by 1909. He was forced to resign from Mitsui in 1914, after being implicated in the Siemens Bribery Scandal, a spectacular political scandal involving collusion between several high ranking members of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Mitsui, and the German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG.

A Chinese-Dutch businessman who was formerly listed as the second richest man in China by Forbes for

A Chinese-Dutch businessman who was formerly listed as the second richest man in China by Forbes for 2001. He once held assets in the horticulture and real estate industries, owning stakes in the Euro-Asia Agricultural Holdings and Holland Village, China. His fall from grace came in 2002, when he was arrested on charges of tax evasion. He was later sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings and is currently considered the wealthiest perso

The majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings and is currently considered the wealthiest person in Mainland China, with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion USD as of March 2009.[2][3] She is the daughter of Yang Guoqiang, who started his company Biguiyuan in 1997 [1] and transferred 70% of Country Garden's shares to her before its IPO in 2007.[4] The wealthiest mainland Chinese in the previous year, 2006, was Wong Kwong Yu. [2] Country Garden's initial offering raised about $1.6 billion, or as much as Google raised in 2004 in the United States. [3] Yang's net worth was estimated at $16.2 billion USD in October 2007.[5]

A Chinese financier. He was born in Anhui.

A Chinese financier. He was born in Anhui.

The current CEO of Lenovo Group Limited and was chairman of the board from 2004-2008. Before the acq

The current CEO of Lenovo Group Limited and was chairman of the board from 2004-2008. Before the acquisition of IBM PC division by Lenovo in 2004, he was the President and CEO of the company. One of his major achievements has been making Lenovo the best-selling PC brand in China since 1997. In 2001, Business Week named him as one of the rising stars in Asia.

Is a businessman and politician.His parents are Mr. Jaime Rosenthal and Mrs. Miriam Marina Hildago d

Is a businessman and politician.His parents are Mr. Jaime Rosenthal and Mrs. Miriam Marina Hildago de Rosenthal. He has a sister, Patricia and three brothers; Jaime (deceased), Carlos José and César Augusto. Yani is married to Claudia Madrid and they have four daughters; Isabella, Victoria, Elissa, and Alexandra.

Is the founder of Japanese video game software giant Enix and current honorary chairman of the compa

Is the founder of Japanese video game software giant Enix and current honorary chairman of the company's successor, Square Enix following Enix's merger with Square Co., Ltd. As of 2008, Fukushima is ranked #25 on Forbes Magazine's "Japan 40 Richest" list with an estimated networth of US$1.16 billion.[4]

Was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician, and legendary business tycoon who founded a dynasty which b

Was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician, and legendary business tycoon who founded a dynasty which became the wealthiest, most influential family of 20th century Japan.Yasujiro Tsutsumi was born on 16 March 1889 in the rural farming village of Yagiso, Shiga Prefecture. The Tsutsumi family were held in great respect and regard, serving as village elders and headmen. However, little is known about their antecedents or origins, and there is no evidence that the traditional extended family unit ever existed in their case. Yasujiro's father, Yujiro, died of typhoid fever in 1893, when Yasujiro was four, also leaving his wife, Miwo, and a daughter, Fusako, who had been born in 1891. Following his father's premature death, Yasujiro's mother left to return to her family, never to be heard from again,

Was the founder and former chairman of Takefuji (???), Japan's number one consumer finance group.On

Was the founder and former chairman of Takefuji (???), 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.[2] The defamation of character charge followed Takei's ordering Takefuji employees to place libelous statements about one of the journalists on its web site.[3]

Was born in 1947 in Kyoto as first son of Akira Murata, who three years earlier founded the company

Was born in 1947 in Kyoto as first son of Akira Murata, who three years earlier founded the company that was to become Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Yasutaka Murata joined Murata Manufacturing in 1973 after graduating from New York University (with a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Analysis).He was assigned to be the Senior Executive Director of Fukui Murata Manufacturing in May 1979.

Is a businessman from Izmir, Turkey, who has accumulated over the years one of the richest private c

Is a businessman from Izmir, Turkey, who has accumulated over the years one of the richest private collections in Turkey of historical artifacts dating from the Anatolian, Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods.

Currently the Organising Secretary of The Workers' Party of Singapore.In 2006 Singapore Parliamentar

Currently the Organising Secretary of The Workers' Party of Singapore.In 2006 Singapore Parliamentary General Election, Shin Leong was Candidate and Leader of The Workers' Party's Ang Mo Kio Group Representative Constituency Team that secured more than one-third of the votes against the incumbent People's Action Party's Team headed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Is the president of the administrative council of the French high-technology firm SSII (CS Communica

Is the president of the administrative council of the French high-technology firm SSII (CS Communication and Systems) and also a member of the French Institute of International and Strategic Relations. His success in the business world, coupled with his Maghrebian origins, have given him a lot of media coverage. Member of the Montaigne Institute, he is close to the UMP.[1] In 2004, he published Discrimination positive, pourquoi la France ne peut y échapper (Positive discrimination, why France cannot escape from it) with his brother Yacine, a journalist.[2][3]

Is a Greek businessman and politician. As of November 14, 2010, is mayor-elect of Thessaloniki. He i

Is a Greek businessman and politician. As of November 14, 2010, is mayor-elect of Thessaloniki. He is the founder of KIR-YIANNI wine company, based in Naoussa and Amyndeo. He is one of the founding members of Drasi party and Arcturos ecological organization.[1]

Also known as John C.Carras, was a Greek shipping magnate. In the end of 1960s he bought an extended

Also known as John C.Carras, was a Greek shipping magnate. In the end of 1960s he bought an extended area in Sithonia, Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece and in 1973 he started constructing a tourist resort, known as Porto Carras, which became one of the most famous holiday resorts in Greece. Yiannis Carras died in 1989.

Also known as John S. Latsis, was a Greek shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth, influential

Also known as John S. Latsis, was a Greek shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities.

A Japanese businessman. During the Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s, Tsutsumi was the weal

A Japanese businessman. During the Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s, Tsutsumi was the wealthiest person in the world for a brief period due to his extensive real estate investments through the Seibu Corporation, which he controlled. However, as a result of a series of scandals and his 2005 arrest, his net worth has fallen to such an extent that he was taken off the Forbes list of billionaires in 2007.

A Japanese businessman. He is chairman and CEO of ORIX Corp, and served as President of the Council

A Japanese businessman. He is chairman and CEO of ORIX Corp, and served as President of the Council for Promoting Regulatory Reform in Japan. As of 2007, ORIX was Japan's largest leasing and leading diversified financial services conglomerate with assets in excess of US$ 69 billion and subsidiaries & associates in 24 countries worldwide.[1]

Was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first presid

Was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu between 1931 and 1945.Although his pay was very low, he managed to save enough to make a trip to the United States, where he studied malleable cast iron technology. After his return to Japan, with the backing of Inoue Kaoru and other ex-Choshu politicians in the Diet of Japan, he established the Tobata Foundry in Kyushu in 1909. The company is now known as Hitachi Kinzoku (Hitachi Metals Company Ltd).

He was a teenager; now Japan's fifth-largest consumer finance company. Residing in Tokyo, he is marr

He was a teenager; now Japan's fifth-largest consumer finance company. Residing in Tokyo, he is married with three children.

He is also Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.He was educated at Keio University and

He is also Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.He was educated at Keio University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1956 and 1958 respectively. His father, Setsutaro Kobayashi, was the first president of the Fuji Xerox company. He was Chair of the Board of the International University of Japan, succeeding founder Sohei Nakayama, formerly of the Industrial Bank of Japan.

Has been Egypt’s Minister of Finance since 2004.Youssef Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt, an

Has been Egypt’s Minister of Finance since 2004.Youssef Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt, and received his education at Cairo University where he obtained his B.A. in Economics in 1974. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1981.

Was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer

Was a French businessman and founder of the cosmetics company that bears his name. He was a pioneer of the modern use of natural ingredients in cosmetics.[1]