Yusaku Maezawa

Yusaku Maezawa
前澤 友作
Maezawa in 2021
Born (1975-11-22) 22 November 1975 (age 48)
Kamagaya, Japan
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, art collector
Years active1998–present
Organization(s)Start Today, Zozotown, ZOZO
SpouseDivorced
Children3[1]
Space career
Space Adventures space tourist
Time in space
11 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-20
Mission insignia

Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, Maezawa Yūsaku, born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest.

Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand Zozo and at-home measurement system, the Zozosuit, in 2018.[2] As of December 2021, he was estimated by Forbes to have a net worth of $2.0 billion.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Paton 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Japanese art enthusiast Yusaku Maezawa in $98m art spree". BBC News. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Forbes profile: Yusaku Maezawa". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.