Yorihiko Kojima (小島 順彦, Kojima Yorihiko, born 15 October 1941), AC is the chairman of the board of Mitsubishi Corporation, and its former president and chief executive officer (CEO).
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Kojima was born in Tokyo during World War II, the son of Kazuo and Sakae Kojima. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School.[1] In 1965, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Tokyo in mechanical engineering.[2][3] He joined the Mitsusbishi Corporation that same year and continued with them his entire career. Kojima held various positions in the corporation in Tokyo, in Saudi Arabia and the United States.[3][4] In 1995 he was appointed to Mitsubishi's Board of Directors as an inside director (取締役).[2] In 2001, he went from being managing director of the corporation's merchant banking group to vice president; and in 2004 he moved up to president and CEO, when then president Mikio Sasaki replaced the out-going Minoru Makihara as chairman of the board.[5] In 2010, Kojima himself left the position of president and CEO to become chairman of the board of directors.[6]
He is a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), and was vice-chairman of that organization in 2003, and a board member from 2003 to 2008.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ "三菱商事株式会社 - 代表取締役社長 小島 順彦" "Mitsubishi Corporation - Yorihiko Kojima President"". IR Magazine (in Japanese). 67 (Autumn). 2004. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009.
- ^ a b "Profile: 小島 順彦 (Profile: Yorihiko Kojima)". 産学官連携ジャーナル (Industry-University-Government Cooperation Journal) (in Japanese). 4 (1 (January)). 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008.
- ^ a b "三菱商事 小島順彦社長 (Yorihiko Kojima, president of Mitsubishi Corporation)". Reuters (in Japanese). Japan. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
- ^ Kojima, Yorihiko (October 2010). "米国勤務時代の思い出 (Memories of working in the United States)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Association of Corporate Executives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2015.
- ^ Staff (21 January 2004) "Mitsubishi chairman retiring" United Press International (UPI)
- ^ "Yorihiko Kojima: Brief History". Mitsubishi Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013.
- ^ "2008年度(平成20年度)通常総会前記者会見発言要旨 (Press Conference Statement on the 2008 Fiscal Year General Meeting: Retirements)" (in Japanese). Japan Association of Corporate Executives. 25 April 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010.
Sources
edit- Marquis Who’s Who (corp.) (2007) "Yorihiko Kojima" Who's Who in the World - 2008 (25th Edition) Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ