いしばししょうじろう
石橋正二郎
1. Ishibashi Shoujirou (1889.2.25-1976.9.11)
2. Shōjirō IshibashiShōjirō Ishibashi was a Japanese businessman who founded the Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest maker of tires, in 1930 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. Bridgestone was named after its founder: In the Japanese language ishi means a "stone" and bashi(/hashi) mean "bridge". hence the origin of the company's name in English. Ishibashi's daughter, Yasuko Hatoyama, became heir to Ishibashi's considerable fortune and has used the inheritance to fund her family's political causes.
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