Masamoto Yashiro
Japanese businessman
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| Intro | Japanese businessman | |||
| Places | Japan | |||
| is | Businessperson Financial professional Banker | |||
| Work field | Business Finance | |||
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| Birth | 14 February 1929, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Age | 95 years | |||
| Star sign | Aquarius | |||
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Masamoto Yashiro (八城 政基, born February 14, 1929 in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese businessman who currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Shinsei Bank and as a director of China Construction Bank.
He attended Kyoto University, graduating with a degree in law, and graduate school at the University of Tokyo. He joined Standard Vacuum Oil Company in 1958 and became a director of Esso Petroleum in 1964. He was appointed Japan chairman of Citibank in 1989.
In 1999, he left Citibank to head the Ripplewood-backed effort to acquire the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan. In 2000, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of the newly acquired and renamed Shinsei Bank. In 2004 he was also appointed as a director of China Construction Bank. He resigned as CEO of Shinsei in 2005 and as chairman in 2006, but returned as Chairman and CEO in 2008.