Kenkichi Kagami

Japanese businessman

Kenkichi Kagami (各務鎌吉, Kagami Kenkichi, 1869 - 1939) was a Japanese businessman.^[1]

Career

He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (then Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō [Higher Commercial School]).^[2]

Kagami was a leader in Japan's maritime insurance business. From 1925 to 1939, Kagami was chairman of Tokyo Marine Insurance (Tokio Kaijo Kasai). In the same time period, he also headed other companies; and he was on the board of the core holding company of the Mitsubishi organization.^[3]

In 1929-1935, he was president of Nippon Yusen.^[4] For a time, he was also president of the Mitsubishi Bank.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagami Kenkichi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 446.
^ 各務鎌吉　かがみけんきちNational Diet Library
^ "Kagami Kenkichi" at Mitsubishi.com; retrieved 2013-5-7.
^ "Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) History" at FundingUniverse.com; retrieved 2013-5-7.