Tadashi Yanai Quotes

Japan, Entrepreneur
February 7, 1949

Tadashi Yanai (柳井正, Yanai Tadashi, born 7 February 1949) is a Japanese businessman, the founder and president of Fast Retailing, of which Uniqlo (ユニクロ, "unique clothing") is a subsidiary. In January 2014 he was ranked 35th richest person in the world by Bloomberg, making him the richest man in Japan at the time with an estimated net worth of US$19.9 billion in 2009 and US$17.6 billion in 2014.

Also known as Businessperson

I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.

Tadashi Yanai
- Different
- Hate
- Politics
I think I may not be able to retire.

Tadashi Yanai
- May
- Think
- Retire

Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.

Tadashi Yanai
- Fall
- Creating
- Often
Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.

Tadashi Yanai
- Interest
- Decisions
- Back
Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle class, and this is a big opportunity for Japanese businessmen.

Tadashi Yanai
- People
- Opportunity
- Will
Opening new stores outside of Japan is important, but training our employees is even more important.

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- Important
- Training
- New
I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.

Tadashi Yanai
- People
- Afraid
- Japanese
People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.

Tadashi Yanai
- People
- World
- Believe

Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept.

Tadashi Yanai
- Up
- Success
- Giving
I learned that people don't buy anything from unknown stores.

Tadashi Yanai
- People
- Learned
- Unknown
I might look successful but I've made many mistakes. People take their failures too seriously. You have to be positive and believe you will find success next time.

Tadashi Yanai
- People
- Time
- Believe