- Yorihiko Kojima
Yorihiko Kojima (b.
15 October 1941 ) is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) ofMitsubishi Corporation Kojima was born in
Tokyo duringWorld War II , the son of Kazuo and Sakae Kojima. In 1965, he received hisbachelor's degree from theUniversity of Tokyo .He joined the Mitsusbishi Corporation that same year and continued with them his entire career. Kojima held various positions in the corporation in Tokyo, inSaudi Arabia and theUnited States . 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 presidentMikio Sasaki replaced the out-goingMinoru Makihara as chairman of the board. [Staff (21 January 2004) "Mitsubishi chairman retiring" "United Press International (UPI)"]He is a member of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives ("Keizai Doyukai"), and was vice-chairman of that organization in 2003.
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* Marquis Who’s Who (corp.) (2007) "Yorihiko Kojima" "Who's Who in the World - 2008" (25th Edition) Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ
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