Yusaku Maezawa
Technology

Yusaku Maezawa Net Worth

Yusaku Maezawa, born on November 22, 1975 in Chiba, Japan, is the founder of Japan's largest online fashion mall, Zozotown, and the parent firm, Start Today, which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He began his career by selling CDs and records of his favorite bands by mail from his home, and has since become a successful entrepreneur and art collector, having purchased paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso for a total of $80 million.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day November 22, 1975
Birth Place Chiba, Japan, Japan
Age 48 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Native name 前澤 友作
Residence Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Businessperson
Years active 1998 to present
Organization Start Today, Zozotown
Spouse(s) Divorced
Children 1

💰 Net worth: $1.7 Billion (2024)

Yusaku Maezawa, a prominent figure in the technology industry in Japan, is estimated to have a net worth of $1.7 billion by 2024. With his entrepreneurial ventures and notable investments, Maezawa has gained considerable wealth. Apart from his financial success, he is renowned for his visionary ideas and contributions to the technology sector. As the founder of ZOZOTOWN, the largest online fashion retailer in Japan, Maezawa has demonstrated his ability to identify and capitalize on emerging market trends. With his continued dedication to innovation and strategic investments, it is no surprise that Maezawa's net worth is expected to further increase in the coming years.

2011 $1 Billion
2012 $1.1 Billion
2014 $1.25 Billion
2015 $1.3 Billion
2016 $2.6 Billion
2017 $3.1 Billion
2018 $2.77 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1991

Maezawa began attending Waseda Jitsugyo High School in 1991, where he started up a band with his classmates called Switch Style. The band released their first EP in 1993. After graduating from high school, he decided not to go to college; instead he moved to the US with a girlfriend, where he started collecting CDs and records. When he returned to Japan in 1995, his album collection became the basis for his first company, which sold imported albums and CDs through the mail.

1998

In 1998, Maezawa used the basis of the mail-order album Business to launch the company Start Today. The same year, his band signed with the label BMG Japan. By 2000, Start Today had moved to an online platform, had begun selling clothing, and had become a public company. In 2001, Maezawa declared a hiatus on his music career. Start Today opened the Retail clothing website Zozotown in 2004, and six years later, Start Today became a publicly traded company, listed on the "Mothers" Index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. By 2012, Start Today was listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

2012

Maezawa is the founder of the Tokyo-based Contemporary Art Foundation, which he started in 2012 with a goal of "supporting young artists as a pillar of the next generation of contemporary art." The Contemporary Art Foundation currently hosts collection shows twice a year. In May 2016 Maezawa attracted significant media attention with a record purchase price at auction of $57.3 million for an untitled work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and broke a record again in May 2017 with a $110.5 million auction for a piece by the same Artist. At the same 2016 auction, Maezawa bought pieces by Bruce Nauman, Alexander Calder, Richard Prince, and Jeff Koons, spending a total of $98 million over two days. Maezawa plans to open a contemporary art museum in Chiba, which will house his collection.

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