Ōkura Kihachirō
Japanese businessman and philanthropist (1837–1928) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baron Ōkura Kihachirō (大倉 喜八郎, 23 October 1837 – 5 April 1928) was a Japanese businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the corporate progenitor of the Ōkura-gumi zaibatsu, which later became the Taisei Corporation, and the Ōkura Shōgyō Gakkō ("Okura Commerce School") which later became Tokyo University of Economics in 1949.[1] In contrast to most of the zaibatsu, the Ōkura zaibatsu was founded by someone from the peasant class.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōkura.