Net worth
$59.7B
Forbes Real-Time · as of Sep 24, 2026
Latest moves
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Recent SEC filings
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Footprint
Companies
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (UNIQLO parent)9983 · Tokyo Stock Exchange (HDRs on HKEX, stock code 6288) · Founder · 15.85% · as of Feb 2026
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- Ticker
- 9983
- Exchange
- Tokyo Stock Exchange (HDRs on HKEX, stock code 6288)
- Role
- Founder; Executive Director, Chairman, President & CEO
- Stake
- 15.85% direct (48,621,852 shares); family also holds via TTY Management B.V. 5.19%, Fight & Step 4.64%, MASTERMIND 3.53%, sons Kazumi 4.68% and Koji 4.68% (~38.6% combined)
- Stake as of
- 2026-02-28
UNIQLO Co., Ltd.Core subsidiary of Fast Retailing
source ↗GU / Theory / PLST / Comptoir des Cotonniers / Princesse tam.tam (Fast Retailing group brands)Fast Retailing group companies
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Fight & Step Co., Ltd.holding co
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- Type
- holding co
- Notes
- Yanai-family asset company; 14,250,000 Fast Retailing shares (4.64%) as of 2026-02-28
MASTERMIND Co., Ltd.holding co
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- holding co
- Notes
- Yanai-family asset company; 10,830,000 Fast Retailing shares (3.53%)
TTY Management B.V.holding co
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- holding co
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- Netherlands holding entity; 15,930,000 Fast Retailing shares (5.19%)
Private deals
UNIQLO multi-year partnership with LA Dodgers creating 'UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium' naming (first major US sports…Mar 2026
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- In full
- UNIQLO multi-year partnership with LA Dodgers creating 'UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium' naming (first major US sports partnership)
- Date
- 2026-03-26
Francesco Risso appointed creative director of GU plus a new UNIQLO collaboration lineJan 2026
source ↗Real estate
Outside Tokyo, Japanprimary residence (~16,586 sq ft) · ~$50 million (reported value) · older holding (as of 2019)
source ↗Hawaii, USAtwo golf courses · older holding (as of 2019)
source ↗Trophies
Two golf courses in Hawaii (as of 2019)
source ↗Legal & regulatory
Yanai served 18 years as an independent director of SoftBank; stepped down 2019
source ↗Giving
Yanai Tadashi Foundation (公益財団法人柳井正財団) - overseas scholarships for Japanese students; Yanai is chair
source ↗UCLA Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities - $2.5M (2014), $25M (2020), $31M (Oct 2024; largest gift ever to UCLA Humanities, ~$59M total)
source ↗Kyoto University - ¥10B (2020) incl. ¥5B each to Nobel laureates Shinya Yamanaka and Tasuku Honjo; ¥4.5B for 'Yanai my iPS' facility (opened June 2025)
source ↗Waseda University - ~¥1.2B for the Haruki Murakami Library renovation
source ↗Fast Retailing Foundation (corporate)
source ↗Research gaps: No SEC CIK for Yanai or his vehicles (EDGAR search returned none). Xinjiang cotton customs/probe matters and any 2025-26 Fast Retailing litigation (e.g., vs Shein) not verified due to exhausted search budget, so omitted. Real estate sourced only to Wikipedia (citing 2019 Business Insider, which blocked fetch); Hawaii golf course names unverified. Kyoto/Waseda gifts sourced to Japanese Wikipedia only.
What to watch
UNIQLO Japan September sales dataOct 2, 2026
source ↗Fast Retailing FY2026 (year to Aug 31) full-year results; board meeting 9:00 JSTOct 8, 2026
source ↗UNIQLO Shanghai global flagship reopens at new locationOct 30, 2026
source ↗UNIQLO Kyoto global flagship opens (Kawaramachi-dori)Nov 6, 2026
source ↗Fast Retailing annual shareholders meeting and year-end dividend paymentNovember 2026 (scheduled)
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