9/16(Wed) YKK

Yoshida Tadao (吉田忠雄, 1908–1993) was the Japanese businessman who founded YKK, the company best known worldwide for zippers.

He started a zipper-processing and sales business called San-es Shokai in Tokyo in 1934; the company later became Yoshida Kogyo, and “YKK” came from the initials of Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha.

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He is also known for YKK’s business philosophy “Cycle of Goodness” (善の巡環 / Zen no Junkan)—the idea that a company cannot prosper unless it also benefits others and society.