Taizo Nishimuro

Taizō Nishimuro (西室 泰三, Nishimuro Taizō); 19 December 1935 – 18 October 2017) was a Japanese businessman, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Japan Post Holdings,[1] a Japanese state-owned conglomerate, the 26th largest company in the world, and a Fortune Global 500 company.

Taizō Nishimuro
Born10 December 1935
Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Died18 October 2017(2017-10-18) (aged 81)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKeio University (BEc in 1961)
TitleFormer president and CEO, Japan Post Holdings
Term?–2016
SuccessorMasatsugu Nagato

Overviews

Nishimuro earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Keio University in 1961.[2]

He joined Toshiba (then Tokyo Shibaura Denki) after graduation, rising to chairman in 2000.[2]

He received the Legion of Honour officer award in 2015.[3]

Following his hospitalization in February 2016, he was succeeded as CEO by Masatsugu Nagato, who had been president and CEO of Japan Post Bank.[4][5][6][7][8]

Nishimuro's death was reported on 18 October 2017.[2][9] He was 81.

References
  1. "Corporate Profile". Japanpost.jp. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. "Obituary: Taizo Nishimuro, who led Toshiba revamp, dies at 81- Nikkei Asian Review". nikkei.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. "日本郵政の西室泰三社長がレジオン･ドヌール勲章を受章 - La France au Japon" (in Japanese). Embassy of Japan in France. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. "Japan Post appoints Nagato as president, replacing Nishimuro". The Japan Times. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. Masatsugu Nagato. "Masatsugu Nagato, Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd: Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. "Corporate Profile - JP Holdings". Japanpost.jp. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  7. "Masatsugu Nagato (F75) Appointed President of Japan Post Holdings Co. | Tufts Fletcher School". Fletcher.tufts.edu. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  8. "Japan Post: Bank unit chief Nagato to replace Nishimuro as CEO". Reuters. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. "Ex-Toshiba, Japan Post chief Taizo Nishimuro dead at 81". 19 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017 – via Japan Times Online.
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