Tadashi Yanai, the billionaire founder of Japan's Uniqlo retailer empire, has claimed his 'job is more suitable for a woman' and would prefer his successor to be female by DavidGDawkins
Tadashi Yanai
The 70-year-old’s Tokyo-listed retail clothing empire Fast Retailing is parent of the Uniqlo chain. Tadashi Yanai and his family own a 44% stake putting their estimated net worth at over $29 billion., Yanai said of his CEO role said"the job is more suitable for a woman”, adding that women “are persevering, detail oriented and have an aesthetic sense.”
The World Economic Forum ranks Japan at No. 110 in its Global Gender Gap Index 2018 with a wage gap at 24.5 percent in 2017, compared to a man in the same role.
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