Hiromasa Yonekura
Japanese businessman
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| Intro | Japanese businessman | |
| Places | Japan | |
| is | Businessperson Entrepreneur Business executive | |
| Work field | Business | |
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| Birth | 31 March 1937, Kōbe | |
| Age | 87 years |
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Biography
Hiromasa Yonekura (米倉 弘昌, Yonekura Hiromasa, born March 31, 1937) is a Japanese businessman. He is chairman of Sumitomo Chemical and is also the chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren).
Education
Yonekura received a bachelor's degree in law from University of Tokyo in 1960. He received his master's degree in 1964 from Duke University, where he subsequently he earned his PhD.
Career
Yonekura joined Sumitomo Chemical in 1960 and worked his way up through the ranks to become president in 2000. He remained in this position until 2009, when he became chairman of the board.
He became chairman of the Japan Business Federation on May 27, 2010.