Mori Building Co., Ltd. (森ビル株式会社, Mori Biru Kabushiki Kaisha), operating as Mori Building Company, is a Japanese property management firm. As of 2011 its chairperson and CEO is Minoru Mori (森 稔, Mori Minoru) and its president and CEO is Shingo Tsuji (辻 慎吾, Tsuji Shingo). Its headquarters are in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.[1][2]
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| Industrie | Real estate, development |
|---|---|
| Gegründet | 1959 |
| Gründer | Taikichiro Mori |
| Hauptsitz | Mori Tower 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato Tokyo, Japan, , |
Area served | Japan, China |
Key people | Shingo Tsuji (Chairman & CEO) Minoru Mori (former Chairman & CEO) |
| Services | Real estate development, Office leasing |
Number of employees | 1,343 |
| Website | mori.co.jp |
Mori Building has been managing office building leases since 1955. Its focus has been in Minato, Tokyo. As of 2011, it manages 107 office facilities in Japan and China with a total of 1,160,000 square metres (12,500,000 sq ft) of space.[3]
Taikichiro Mori, the founder, quit his job as an economics professor and entered the real estate business. He became the richest man in the world, and his net worth in 1992 was $13 billion U.S. dollars. At the time his net worth was double that of Bill Gates and $3 billion more than Yoshiaki Tsutsumi. Taikichiro Mori died of heart failure on January 30, 1993, at the age of 88.[4]
The company built the Shanghai World Financial Centre, the tallest building in China.[5]
References
- ^ "Company Profile." Mori Building Company. Retrieved on December 14, 2011. "Headquarters Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6155, Japan"
- ^ "会社プロフィール." Mori Building Company. Retrieved on December 14, 2011. "〒106-6155 東京都港区六本木6丁目10番1号 六本木ヒルズ森タワー"
- ^ "Office." Mori Building Company. Retrieved on December 14, 2011.
- ^ Lambert, Bruce. "Taikichiro Mori, Tokyo Developer Rated as Richest Man, Dies at 88." The New York Times. January 31, 1993. Retrieved on December 14, 2011.
- ^ Chong, Glenda. "China's tallest building to open to the public this weekend." Channel NewsAsia. August 29, 2008. Retrieved on December 14, 2011.
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