What kind of person is Mr. Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of ZOZO? September 12, 13:21
IT giant Yahoo has officially announced that it will acquire ZOZO, one of the largest fashion mail order sites in Japan, to strengthen its online mail order business. ZOZO has agreed to this, and founder Tomasaku Maezawa resigned as president on the 12th and withdrew from management.
ZOZO founder, Yusaku Maezawa is 43 years old.
While making a major debut as a band member after graduating from high school, in 1998 he established a mail order company for imported CDs and records.
Later, in 2000, he launched not only imported CDs, but also a fashion mail order site using the Internet. In 2004, he started running “ZOZOTOWN”.
By making it possible to buy multiple clothing brands at one location on the net and displaying the size of clothing in detail, it has spread rapidly among young people.
According to the American economic magazine "Forbes", Maesawa's total assets are 222.0 billion yen, which is the 22nd place among Japanese asset owners.
Mr. Maezawa's behavior is attracting attention outside the business field.
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Last September, it was announced that Space X, an American space development venture, would participate as the first passenger in a lunar round trip scheduled for 2023.
It is the first time that a private spacecraft orbits the moon since the Apollo project promoted by NASA.
Foreign media also reported a lot of attention, such as reporting that the first civilian on board a spaceship was the Japanese fashion king.
Mr. Maezawa who returned from California where Space X is located in Tokyo last October asked whether there is a possibility that the reporter's companion actor Ayame Gouriki may participate in a plan to go around the moon. He said to him, “I am saying that I want to go,” and said, “The relationship is going well.”