Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
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Founders
Hitoshi Yanai, Tadashi Yanai · Founded 1963 · Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Fast Retailing was founded by Hitoshi Yanai, Tadashi Yanai in 1963 in Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan. The company is currently led by Tadashi Yanai.
The company began with Ogori Shoji in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tadashi Yanai opened the first UNIQLO store in Hiroshima in 1984 and gradually shifted the company away from a local menswear chain into a global specialty apparel group.
Founder of the Ogori Shoji menswear business that became the foundation for Fast Retailing.
Hitoshi Yanai built the original family retail business in Yamaguchi Prefecture, giving Fast Retailing its first operating base.
Second-generation leader who built UNIQLO and transformed the company into a global apparel retailer.
Tadashi Yanai opened the first UNIQLO store in 1984 and remains the central strategist behind Fast Retailing's global LifeWear model.
Tadashi Yanai
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Yanai built UNIQLO from a Japanese specialty store concept into Fast Retailing's global growth engine and remains the defining strategic voice behind LifeWear.
Daisuke Tsukagoshi
President and COO of UNIQLO
Tsukagoshi helps lead UNIQLO's global operating execution, store expansion, and customer-centered merchandising model.
Takeshi Okazaki
Group Senior Executive Officer and CFO
Okazaki oversees finance and capital discipline as Fast Retailing scales store investment, inventory, and international operations.
Fast Retailing traces its roots to Hitoshi Yanai's Ogori Shoji menswear business in 1963. Tadashi Yanai transformed the company after taking over leadership in the 1980s and built UNIQLO into a global LifeWear brand.
The company began with Ogori Shoji in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tadashi Yanai opened the first UNIQLO store in Hiroshima in 1984 and gradually shifted the company away from a local menswear chain into a global specialty apparel group.
Fast Retailing grew from Hitoshi Yanai's 1963 Ogori Shoji menswear business, with Tadashi Yanai later building UNIQLO into the group's global engine.