Background
The following year of the end of World War II, I coped with difficulties returning back from the northern Korean Peninsula to Japan. It was two months of hardship including seven days walking. Since I had been under economically disadvantaged status also after that, scholarship supports was needed to have graduated from a high school and a university.
In 2011, I established the Terayama Foundation at my own expense, which provides an educational supports for elementary school and junior high school students in Myanmar, and high school and university students in Japan. I believe that “education is the best solution to poverty, and it brings peace in the world”.
Education
March 1964 Bachelor of Economics, University of Tokyo
Experience
April 1964 Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
July 1973 Joined Asahi Pretec Corp.
May 1981 Appointed as Representative Director and President of Asahi Pretec Corp.
April 2009 Appointed as Representative Director and President of Asahi Holdings, Inc.
June 2014 Appointed as President & CEO of Asahi Holdings, Inc. (to present)
Areas of Expertise
Refining of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
Detoxifying and recycling of industrial waste.
What have been the main lessons you have learned in your career and how do you implement them in your management?
In 1946, when I was only six years old, I went through a lot of hardship as a repatriate from the northern Korean Peninsula to Japan. Since then, I have consistently overcome any difficulties, even I faced with the severe situation in the management.
Quotes
“Innovation and Challenge”
