In the history of enterprise, Yōhei Sasakawa is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Yōhei Sasakawa as Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist (born 1939).
Yōhei Sasakawa was born at Tokyo in 1939. His recorded nationality is Japan. He was educated at Meiji University.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Business reputations are unusually sensitive to the decade in which they were made.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (2010), Grand Officer of the Order of Mono (1989), Order of the Grand Star of Djibouti (1995) and Order of Merit for Distinguished Services (1996).
That the business was built from Japan shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog — 2010
- Grand Officer of the Order of Mono — 1989
- Order of the Grand Star of Djibouti — 1995
- Order of Merit for Distinguished Services — 1996
- Order of Friendship — 1996
- Educated at Meiji University


