Yoshiaki Fujimori

Yoshiaki Fujimori
Born	1951 (age 73–74)
Nationality	Japanese
Education	University of Tokyo Carnegie Mellon University
Known for	CEO, Lixil Group (2011–2016)
Board member of	Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Boston Scientific

Yoshiaki "Fuji" Fujimori (born 1951) is a Japanese businessman. Between August 2011 and June 2016^[1] he was the president and CEO of Lixil Group, a Japan headquartered manufacturer of building materials and housing equipment with net sales of $16.8bn,^[2] where he oversaw a globalization strategy that included the acquisition of global interests including Permasteelisa, American Standard Brands^[3] and GROHE Group.^[4] Under his leadership, Lixil expanded its ratio of sales from outside of Japan from 3% in 2010 to 30.3% in 2016.

Early life

Fuji was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.^[5][6] He earned a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, where he serves on the board of trustees since 2004.^[7]

Career

Prior to Lixil, Fujimori spent 25 years at General Electric Company, where he held various posts including chairman of GE Japan (2009-2011), senior vice president of GE Money (2005-2009), CEO of GE Asia (2003-2005), CEO of GE Plastics (2001-2003), senior vice president of GE Healthcare Asia (1997-2001), as well as serving as a member of the corporate executive council. He started his career at Japanese trading company, Nisho Iwai Corporation (now Sojitz).^[8]

Fuji served as an external director of Tokyo Electric Power Company for over ten years.^[9] He is a senior executive advisor to CVC Capital Partners, and serves on the boards of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.,^[10] Boston Scientific, Shiseido, Toshiba Corporation and Oracle Corporation Japan.

References

1. "Press release - LIXIL Announces CEO Succession Plan". www.lixil.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
2. "About Us | About Us | LIXIL". www.lixil.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
3. Hagerty, James R. (28 June 2013). "Japanese Toilet Maker Lixil Buys American Standard". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
4. "Lixil to buy Grohe in $4 billion landmark deal". Reuters. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
5. "Profile: Yoshiaki Fujimori". 16th Nikkei Global Management Forum. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
6. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
7. University, Carnegie Mellon. "Board of Trustees - Leadership - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
8. "History｜Sojitz Corporation". www.sojitz.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
9. "TEPCO press release, "Members of Directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company"" (PDF).
10. "Takeda Announces Candidates for New Directors after the Transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory" (Press release). Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Retrieved 11 June 2016.