was a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

real estate

magnate The term magnate, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

with an estimated fortune of $5.7 billion, putting him among the five richest people in Japan. He was chairman of the

Iwasaki Sangyo Group Iwasaki (岩崎 or 岩﨑, "rock peninsula") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese immunobiologist *, Japanese film critic and producer * Carl Iwasaki (born 1961), American college baseball coach *, Japanese il ...

, a major transportation,

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

and

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

company in southern Japan, founded by his father, Yōhachirō Iwasaki. Iwasaki was a resident of

Kagoshima , is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Etymology While the ...

and held a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

from

Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is one of the five MARCH (Japanese universities), MARCH universities, the group of private universities in the Kantō region, Kanto region, toge ...

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Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
Forbes 2007 list of billionaires estimates his net worth at $2.1 billion. 1925 births 2012 deaths Japanese billionaires Rikkyo University alumni 20th-century Japanese businesspeople 21st-century Japanese businesspeople People from Kagoshima Prefecture {{Japan-business-bio-stub