Yotaro kobayashi biography for kids

Yotaro Kobayashi, Former Trustee

Yotaro (Tony) Kobayashi, WG’58, a former member of the Board of Trustees at Penn, died of chronic empyema in Tokyo, Japan on September 5.

He was 82 years old.

Mr. Kobayashi was born in London, England.

Yotaro kobayashi biography for kids

He earned his bachelor of arts in economics at Keio University in Japan in 1956 and his master of business administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1958. Upon the completion of his studies, he returned to Japan to join the Fuji Photo Film Co.

Ltd. (now Fujifilm). In 1963, he began working at Fuji Xerox, the firm’s newly launched joint venture with the American company Xerox. He rose to the position of president and chief executive officer of Fuji Xerox in 1978 at the age of 44.

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He was appointed chairman and CEO in 1992 and chairman of the board in 1999. He became chief corporate advisor in 2006 and retired in 2009. During his tenure, Fuji Xerox expanded its sales territory, greatly developed its product