Toshifumi Suzuki, founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died

Toshifumi Suzuki

1932–

Chairman and chief executive officer, Ito-Yokado Group and its subsidiary, Seven-Eleven Japan Company

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: December 1, 1932, in Nagano prefecture, Japan.

Education: Chuo University, Tokyo, BA, 1956.

Career: Worked in a publishing sales company until 1963, when he joined Ito-Yokado Co.; first president of its subsidiary, Seven-Eleven Japan, in 1973; has remained with Ito-Yokado group through 2004.

Awards: Voted the fifth most respected business leader in Japan, Nikkei Industrial News , January 2004.

Publications: Coauthor, The Essence of Management: Spontaneous Managerial Decisions Based on Conviction [in Japanese], 2000; The Starting Point of Business, 2003.

Address: Ito-Yokado Company, 8-8, Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8455, Japan.

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