Takao Yasuda

$4.66B
$8.3M (0.2%)
as of 06/13/26

About Takao Yasuda

Takao Yasuda founded discount retailer Don Quijote, now Pan Pacific International Holdings, in 1980.

The retailer has nearly 750 stores and is publicly traded. It sells a wide range of products, from Rolexes to snacks to adult toys.

He returned as a board director in 2019, after having stepped down as CEO and chairman in 2015. Yasuda's title at Pan Pacific is now founding chairman and supreme advisor.

Supermarket UNY, formerly a part of retail and convenience-store operator FamilyMart UNY, is a 100% subsidiary.

In September 2024, his 23-year-old son Yusaku was appointed to the company's board.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Japan

Source of wealth

Retail

Residence

Singapore

Marital status

Married

Birth date

05/07/49 (age 77)

Number of children

1

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Keio University

Self-made

self-made

Takao Yasuda’s fortune is worth

78K

troy ounces of gold

72K

median U.S. household

47K

median U.S. income

0.093%

U.S. credit card volume

0.019%

GDP of the United States

0.014%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In 2017, the company opened up its first store in Singapore, called Don Don Donki, part of an expansion in Southeast Asia.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

TOKYO | 7532-JP

Pan Pacific International Holdings

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