Masuda Takashi | |
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益田 孝 | |
 Masuda Takashi | |
| Born | November 12, 1848 Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | December 28, 1938 (aged 90) |
| Occupation(s) | Founder of Mitsui Bussan and Nihon Keizai Shimbun |
Baron Masuda Takashi (益田 孝, November 12, 1848 – December 28, 1938), was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a zaibatsu through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the Chugai Shōgyō Shimpō (中外商業新報), which was later renamed the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.