Yoshisuke Aikawa
Yoshisuke Aikawa | |
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Yoshisuke Aikawa in 1937 | |
| Born | November 6, 1880 Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | February 13, 1967 (aged 86) Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Gisuke Ayukawa |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Industrialist |
| Known for | Founder of Nissan and Isuzu |
Yoshisuke Aikawa (or Gisuke Ayukawa) (鮎川 義介, Aikawa Yoshisuke; 6 November 1880 – 13 February 1967) was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu (1931–1945), one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of the Second World War.