Hisao Nagata
About Hisao Nagata
Hisao Nagata is the founder and chairman of Trial Holdings, a discount supermarket chain with interests in retail IT and developing AI systems. His son Hiroyuki is a director.
Nagata's father, Oumi, opened a thrift store called Asahiya in 1974 in Fukuoka, which Hisao took over in 1981. Three years later, he changed the name to Trial Company and also started a software developer focusing on retail.
Trial has developed technology to decrease labor costs and increase efficiency, including self-checkout shopping carts and AI-powered cameras to gather shopper behavior data and monitor inventory.
Trial has over 300 stores in Japan and posted $4.4 billion in revenue in the fiscal year ended in June 2023.
In March 2024, Trial was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Growth bourse.
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Fukuoka, JapanBirth date
05/24/56 (age 68)Self-made
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The first Trial discount store opened in 1992.
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TOKYO | 141A-JP
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