Yotaro kobayashi biography meaning

Yotaro Kobayashi, Former Trustee

Yotaro (Tony) Kobayashi, WG’58, a former member of the Board of Trustees at Penn, died of chronic empyema in Tokyo, Japan on September 5.

Yotaro kobayashi biography meaning in english

He was 82 years old.

Mr. Kobayashi was born in London, England. He earned his bachelor of arts in economics at Keio University in Japan in and his master of business administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Upon the completion of his studies, he returned to Japan to join the Fuji Photo Film Co.

Ltd. (now Fujifilm). In , he began working at Fuji Xerox, the firm’s newly launched joint venture with the American company Xerox. He rose to the position of president and chief executive officer of Fuji Xerox in at the age of He was appointed chairman and CEO in and chairman of the board in He became chief corporate advisor in and retired in During his tenure, Fuji Xerox expanded its sales territory, greatly developed its product line, brought about innovations such as the fi