Kazuo Inamori, Founder of Kyocera Corporation and KDDI Corporation
| DATE: | Thursday, February 5, 2009 |
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| TIME: | 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM |
| PLACE: | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center |
| FORMAT: | Conversation |
| SPONSORS: | Center for Japanese Studies, Consul General of Japan, San Francisco, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California, Haas School of Business |
Kazuo Inamori is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Kyocera Corporation (originally Kyoto Ceramic Co.), a global firm producing information and communications equipment and fine ceramic products. Inamori was also the Chairman of one of Japan’s largest telecommunications companies, KDDI (originally DDI).
One of Japan’s leading entrepreneurs with a distinctive management philosophy, Inamori is a visionary business leader, an ordained Zen Buddhist priest, and a major philanthropist. Inamori today serves as president of a private business school, the “Seiwa-Jyuku,” with branches in 60 locations, sharing his management philosophy at no charge to thousands of young business owners and entrepreneurs.
His concern for humanity and the environment is well-known. He established the Inamori Foundation and its Kyoto Prize since 1984 as a way to recognize individuals and groups worldwide who have made outstanding contributions to the betterment of society and humankind.
(The talk will be presented in Japanese with simultaneous English translation)
Light reception to follow.
Free and Open to the Public.
