Yoshisuke Aikawa

Yoshisuke Aikawa
Yoshisuke Aikawa in 1937
Born(1880-11-06)November 6, 1880
Yamaguchi, Japan
DiedFebruary 13, 1967(1967-02-13) (aged 86)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesGisuke Ayukawa
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Industrialist
Known forFounder of Nissan and Isuzu

Yoshisuke Aikawa (or Gisuke Ayukawa) (鮎川 義介, Aikawa Yoshisuke, 6 November 1880 – 13 February 1967) was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu (1931–1945), one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of the Second World War.