Masahiro Aozono
Masahiro Aozono (青園 雅紘, Aozono Masahiro, born September 26, 1944) is a Japanese business executive and the former managing director of Nomura Securities, the former managing director of Nomura Securities Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. (later, Nomura Asset Management Co.,Ltd.) and the representative director & president of CSK Corporation (later, SCSK).
Career
Masahiro Aozono was born in Fukui Prefecture in 1944.[1] In 1967, he graduated from Shiga University and joined Nomura Securities.[1][2][3][4] In 1987, he became a director of Nomura Securities.[2] He became a managing director of Nomura Securities Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. (later, Nomura Asset Management Co.,Ltd.) in 1989 and of Nomura Securities in 1991.[1]
He was invited to CSK Corporation (later, SCSK) as the vice president by Isao Okawa who became acquainted with Aozono when Aozono was the manager of Shinjuku Nomura Building Branch of Nomura Securities located near the former headquarter of CSK Corporation and had his eyes on Aozono's strong‐nerved character.[2] In 2000, Aozono assumed the position of the representative director & president and thereafter the representative director & chairman of the board of directors of CSK Corporation.[2][5][6] Later he also served as the representative director & president of Cosmo Securities.[6]
Aozono could not keep centripetal force in CSK Corporation while Isao Okawa could because Okawa founded CSK.[2] After the death of Isao Okawa in 2001, power struggle became serious, real estate securitization business ran a huge defcit in 2009 and Aozono came to take responsibility by resigning.[2]
Later Aozono became home ambassador of Fukui Prefecture.[5]
References
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- The powerful leader Masahiro Aozono took responsibility by resigning. / DATA MAX Co.,Ltd.
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- Masahiro Aozono Fukui home ambassador / Fukui Prefecture
- The notice that CSK Corporation is acquiring 100% ownership of Cosmo Securities / Cosmo Securities
- Books by Masahiro Aozono
- 『エクイティ・マインド - 情報化社会を生き抜く新・思考〈Equity Mind - New thinking to survive the information-oriented society〉』