Toshio Iue
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Toshio Iue | |||||
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井植 歳男 | |||||
Born | |||||
Died | 16 July 1969 Awaji, Hyōgo, Japan | (aged 66)||||
Occupation(s) | Businessman and industrialist | ||||
Known for | The founding of Sanyo | ||||
Children | 2 | ||||
Relatives | Kōnosuke Matsushita (brother-in-law) | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 井植 歳男 | ||||
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Toshio Iue (井植 歳男, Iue Toshio, 28 December 1902 – 16 July 1969) was a Japanese
Early life
The son of a sailor from
Career at Matsushita
After serving in the Japanese military, Iue came back to Japan and became Konosuke's brother-in-law once again when he married Mumeno Matsushita. Iue then took the lead in building a wooden boat factory for Matsushita upon request of the Japanese military during World War II. Upon Japan's defeat in the war, the General Headquarters of Allied Forces requested a change in the management of Matsushita, with one of its senior executives required to step down. Iue decided to step down so that Matsushita could continue as the head of the company.[citation needed]
Founding of Sanyo
After his resignation from Matsushita, Iue was summoned to the office of the president of
Konosuke Matsushita would lend Iue an unused plant in
Later life
Iue retired and handed the presidency of Sanyo to his brother in 1968. During his retirement, he worked to promote development of Awaji Island and died in 1969. After a series of unprofitable quarters, Sanyo's story would go full circle as it was acquired in 2009 by
Family tree
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Yasuda Koichiro | Toku Eda | Mastsushita Kusunoki | Hirata Tosuke | Maeda Toshiaki | Mitsui Takamine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tetsujiro Nakao | Yasue | Jun Iue | Yurou Iue | Toshio Iue | Mumeno | Hirata Shodo | Shizuko | Maeda Toshisada | Keiko | Mitsui Hachirōemon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Satoshi Iue | Matsushita Sachiko | Masaharu Matsushita | Hirata Katsumi | Nobuko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toshimasa Iue | Hiro Matsushita | Masayuki Matsushita (松下正幸 | Atsuko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||