Yasuhisa Ito
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Retail
- Industry
- Fashion & Retail
- Residence
- Tokyo
Assets
- Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.70,701,000 shares @ --3382-JP
Biography
Yasuhisa Ito is the son of Seven&I Holding's late honorary chairman Masatoshi Ito and gets his wealth from a minority stake in the global retailing giant.
His two siblings, Junro Ito and Hisako Yamamoto, are also billionaires based on their stakes.
Masatoshi Ito, who helped build 7-Eleven into a global giant, died in March 2023 at age 98.
Seven & i Holdings has 87,000 stores in 19 countries and over $80 billion in annual revenue.
In 2024, Canadian retail giant, Alimentation Couche-Tard made a $47 billion takeover bid for the company but withdrew in July 2025 citing the retailer's lack of cooperation during negotiations.
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The company also runs Denny's restaurants in Japan and owns department stores, supermarkets, and financial services firms.
The family was mulling making a $58 billion management buyout of the company but backed out in February 2025 citing financial issues.
In March 2025, the company announced a massive share buyback plan in a bid to bolster its share price.
In March 2025, Seven & I agreed to sell its York Holdings unit, which includes major supermarket chains and specialty retailers, to Bain Capital for $5.4 billion.