Name
Eiichi Kuriwada
Eiichi Kuriwada
Osaka, Japan
High School Graduate, Arai High School
Japan
package delivery, Self Made
$1,700,000,000
1425
#25 Japan's 50 Richest 2019
#1425 Billionaires 2019
Eiichi Kuriwada's father, Kiyoshi Sagawa, founded a package delivery firm in 1957; now called Sagawa Express, it's Japan's No. 2 delivery outfit.Sagawa Express parent SG Holdings listed its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 2017.Kuriwada stepped down as president of SG Holdings in 2015 but remains chairman; he owns nearly 19% of the company.In the early 1990s, Sagawa Express was the focus of a scandal; an executive was convicted of paying off politicians.Sagawa, a billionaire in 1992, resigned that year; neither he nor Kuriwada were charged as part of the scandal.
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