Akira Mori

Akira Mori is the Chairman of the Board of Mori Trust, a real estate developer in Tokyo, Japan and an offshoot of Mori Building, the company his father Taikichiro Mori founded in 1959. Forbes estimates that as of 2013, he is the fourth-wealthiest person in Japan with a net worth of approximately $5 billion.

  • Akira Mori is the chairman, co-CEO and owner of real estate developer Mori Trust.
  • Mori Trust owns more than 100 properties in Tokyo and across Japan, including office buildings and hotels.
  • In 2016 Akira Mori appointed his daughter, Miwako Date, as president and co-CEO of Mori Trust.
  • Mori Trust purchased two office buildings in Boston in December 2016.
  • Mori Trust said in 2016 that it planned to invest $7 billion in new projects over the next decade. Some of that will come from investments in hotels.