Kenkichi Kagami on the cover of Time in May 1931
Kenkichi Kagami (各務 鎌吉, Kagami Kenkichi, 1869 - 1939) was a Japanese businessman.[1]
Career
He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (then Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō [Higher Commercial School]).[2]
Kagami was a leader in Japan's maritime insurance business. From 1925 to 1939, Kagami was chairman of Tokyo Marine Insurance (Tokio Kaijo Kasai). In the same time period, he also headed other companies; and he was on the board of the core holding company of the Mitsubishi organization.[3]
In 1929-1935, he was president of Nippon Yusen.[4] For a time, he was also president of the Mitsubishi Bank.[1]
References
- 1 2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagami Kenkichi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 446.
- ↑ 各務鎌吉 かがみ けんきちNational Diet Library
- ↑ "Kagami Kenkichi" at Mitsubishi.com; retrieved 2013-5-7.
- ↑ "Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) History" at FundingUniverse.com; retrieved 2013-5-7.
External links
- National Diet Library, Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures, Kagami Kenkichi
- Insurance Hall of Fame, Kenkichi Kagami
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