Mori, Taikichiro

Mori, Taikichiro
▪ 1994

      Japanese real estate tycoon (b. 1904, Tokyo, Japan—d. Jan. 30, 1993, Tokyo), was a self-made billionaire who amassed a fortune after retiring at age 55 as head of the School of Commerce at Yokohama City University and entering the family real estate concern, Mori Building Co. Mori, an unassuming mogul who neither smoked nor drank, was dedicated to redevelopment—replacing the type of buildings (especially the wooden ones) that he saw destroyed in the earthquake of 1923 with steel-frame concrete structures. Mori transformed downtown Tokyo from a clutter of narrow lanes populated with houses, small shops, and workshops into a modern urban centre of "smart buildings" equipped with computer-driven heating systems, electronic "talking" elevators, and electric curtains. These sleek glass, concrete, and brick towers boasted foundations secured with an intricate system of rollers designed to absorb the shock of earthquakes. Mori graduated (1928) from Tokyo Shoka University (now Hitotsubashi University) and pursued an academic career before taking over the modest holdings (two buildings) of the Mori Building Co. after the death of his father in 1959. An enormous growth and economic boom in real estate fueled his progress, and he was especially successful in persuading local residents to cooperate with his development plans. At the time of his death, his company controlled 83 buildings in the centre of Tokyo, the most expensive real estate in the world. Mori was especially proud of the Ark Hills high-technology office-apartment complex he built in the centre of Tokyo during the 1980s. Another such project, Shiroyama Hills, opened in 1991. For that year and in 1992, Mori was ranked by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest private citizen in the world; his wealth was estimated to be $13 billion.

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