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# 35 Tadashi Yanai 

$43.4B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 11/21/2024
$433.4M (1.00%)

# 35 Tadashi Yanai 

$43.4B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 11/21/2024
$433.4M (1.00%)
OccupationFounder and President, Fast Retailing
Source of WealthUniqlo, fashion
Age75
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Marital StatusMarried
Children2
EducationBS, Waseda University
Age-Adjusted Net Worth$15.7B
Tadashi Yanai
Tadashi Yanai
Japan
Net worth: $43.4B

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Biography

Tadashi Yanai was born on February 7, 1949, in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi, Japan.
He is a Japanese entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Fast Retailing, the parent company of the global fashion retailer UNIQLO.
Yanai took over his father's clothing store in 1984, transforming it into the first UNIQLO store in Hiroshima.
Under his leadership, UNIQLO expanded domestically and internationally, becoming known for its high-quality, casual clothing at affordable prices.
Fast Retailing acquired several well-known brands, including J Brand and Theory, under Yanai's strategic vision.
Yanai is recognized for his business philosophy and commitment to innovation, emphasizing simplicity and functionality in fashion design.
He advocates for sustainability in the fashion industry, promoting eco-friendly practices and materials in UNIQLO's products.

Tadashi Yanai's Wealth is Equivalent to:

33,425,712 Herman Miller Aeron Chairs

Herman Miller Aeron Chair

8,215,705 Gold Bars (50 gram)

24K Solid 50g Gold Ingot

443,763 Tiny Homes

Tiny House, Two Bedroom Solar Prefab Home

How long would it take you to become as rich as Tadashi Yanai?

If you started with $10,000 and invested an additional $500 each month at a 43.43% CAGR, it would take you 5 years to reach Tadashi Yanai's net worth of $43.4B.

Is this realistic? It depends how closely the VIX-TA-Macro Advanced model performs to its history in the future. Since Grizzly Bulls launched on January 1, 2022, it's returned 58.67% compared to 23.91% for the S&P 500 benchmark.

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Tadashi Yanai is very wealthy, but what's stopping you from reaching that same level of success? As summarized in our five fundamental rules to wealth building, becoming wealthy in a modern capitalist economy is not complicated. There's actually only three variables:

  1. Your starting capital
  2. Your earnings after expenses
  3. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of your savings

Most people start with zero or very little, so if you weren't born into wealth, don't fret! The majority of the fortunate folks listed in our Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index came from middle class or lower backgrounds. The most distinguishing characteristic of the group is their ability to consistently earn a high CAGR on their savings.

Every billionaire has a unique strategy to achieve high CAGR. For Tadashi Yanai, Uniqlo and fashion are the primary sources. Whether you choose to invest your savings in your own businesses or the businesses of others is not as important. The salient piece of the puzzle is ensuring that your hard-earned savings are generating sufficient CAGR to reach your long term goals.

Most people simply invest their money in index funds and call it a day. There's nothing wrong with this approach, but it guarantees relative mediocrity. To achieve greatness, you need to invest your money to earn higher than average returns. In the long run, better investors will always finish ahead of better earners.

Source: Grizzly Bulls reporting

Methodology: Grizzly Bulls' Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's billionaires and richest people. Grizzly Bulls strives to provide the most accurate net worth calculations available. We pull data from public equity markets, SEC filings, public real estate records, and other reputable sources.

The index is dynamic and updates daily at the close of U.S. stock market trading based on changes in the markets, economy, and updates to Grizzly Bulls' proprietary algorithm of personal wealth calculation. Stakes in public companies are tracked daily based on the relevant closing prices of the underlying securities. Additionally, stakes in private companies, cash, real estate, and other less easily valued assets are updated periodically through careful analysis of insider transactions, comparable public company sales / EBITDA multiples, etc.

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Edited by: Lee Bailey