Kazuo Inamori

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Buddhist businessperson engineer entrepreneur human philanthropist

Kazuo Inamori was a Japanese entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Buddhist-influenced business leader best known for founding Kyocera and KDDI and for his influential management and ethical philosophy.

Aliases (3)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist → businessperson → engineer → entrepreneur → human → philanthropist →
awardReceived	French Legion of Honour → Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun → Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → IEEE Founders Medal → Order of Culture → Othmer Gold Medal →
chairpersonOf	Kyocera →
chiefExecutiveOfficerOf	Kyocera →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan → Japanese Empire →
dateOfBirth	1932-01-21 →
dateOfDeath	2022-08-24 →
educatedAt	Kagoshima University →
employer	Japan Airlines →
familyName	Inamori →
fieldOfWork	business management → ceramic engineering → corporate ethics →
founded	Daini Denden (DDI) → Inamori Foundation → KDDI → Kyocera → Kyoto Prize →
givenName	Kazuo →
knownFor	Buddhist-influenced management philosophy → founding KDDI → founding Kyocera → turnaround of Japan Airlines →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	Japanese →
memberOf	Japan Academy → Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences →
name	Kazuo Inamori →
nativeName	稲盛和夫 →
notableIdea	Amoeba Management → management based on altruistic philosophy → respect for the divine and love for people →
notableWork	A Compass to Fulfillment → A Passion for Success → For People and For Profit →
occupation	business executive → engineer → entrepreneur → industrialist → philanthropist →
placeOfBirth	Kagoshima City → Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Kyoto City → Kyoto Prefecture NERFINISHED →
positionHeld	chairman of Japan Airlines →
religion	Buddhism →
residence	Kyoto →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inamori Foundation → Inamori Foundation ("Kyocera founder Kazuo Inamori") → Inamori Foundation ("Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori") → Kyoto Prize → Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology →	foundedBy
Inamori Foundation → Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph →	namedAfter
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences →	founder
Kazuo Inamori →	name
Kazuo Inamori ("稲盛和夫") →	nativeName