Yoshiko Shinohara
| Yoshiko Shinohara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 October 1934 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Japanese |
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Shinohara Yoshiko is a Japanese businesswoman. She is the founder of Persol Holdings (formerly Tempstaff), and the first woman in Japan to become a self-made billionaire.[1]
As of In early 2023[update], she became Japan's first self-made woman billionaire.[2] She started her company after returning to Japan in 1973 after living abroad in Europe and Australia where she saw women working as temps.[3] At the time, it was unusual for Japanese women to do paid work let alone start a company.[4] Her company was initially staffed entirely by women but began hiring men in 1988.[3]
As of 2020[update], Shinohara has a 11% stake in Persol Holdings.[5] She retired from her role as chairman of the company in 2016 retaining the title of chairman emeritus.[2] She has described her management approach as "start small, grow it large” explaining that "women have the knack of steadily building a businesses as well as being able to give form to ideas that are close at hand."[4]
She has been ranked as one of the world's strongest women executives by Forbes.[6] She is an advocate for government policies to encourage more women to enter the workforce.[4]
In 2016, she donated $140 million of stock to endow the Yoshiko Shinohara Memorial Foundation which would fund scholarships for students studying to become nurses, social worker or day-care staff.[7] As of In 2023[update], Forbes estimated she had a net worth of $965 million.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Shinohara was born in 1934, to a school headmaster and a midwife.[7] She had a tough upbringing growing up during World War II and her father died when she was only 8.[7][8] She attended public schools, eventually graduating from Yokohama Eiri Girls High School As of in 1953[update].[9] She got married shortly after finishing high school when she was 20 but left her husband shortly thereafter realizing "she would rather not be married."[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Rupert Neate. "Forbes billionaire list: Trump loses $1bn as elite club gets 233 new members | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Yoshiko Shinohara". Forbes. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamazaki, Anthony J. Mayo and Mayuka (1 October 2009). "Pioneering entrepreneur Yoshiko Shinohara on turning temporary work into big business in Japan". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shinohara, Yoshiko (11 June 2012). "Women need more help to stay part of the workforce". www.ft.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ↑ "Yoshiko Shinohara". Forbes. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ↑ "「最強女性」はペプシコＣＥＯ テンプ篠原氏も３７位に - 47NEWS（よんななニュース）". 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "The Philanthropic Pledge: The Story of Japan's First Self-Made Woman Billionaire". Amazons Watch Magazine. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ↑ "Yoshiko Shinohara". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "女性リーダーのビジネススタイル テンプスタッフ篠原欣子社長が語る"体験的男女論"". 日経ビジネスオンライン. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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