Shōjirō Ishibashi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shōjirō Ishibashi

Japanese businessman

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1889

Place of Birth: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1976

Profession: entrepreneur, art collector

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Shojiro Ishibashi (?? ???, Ishibashi Shojiro, February 1, 1889 – September 11, 1976) was a Japanese businessman who founded the Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest maker of tires, in 1931 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
the company was named after its founder: in the Japanese language, ishi means "stone" and hashi (here voiced to bashi) means "bridge", whence the origin of the company's name in English.Ishibashi's daughter, Yasuko Hatoyama, became heir to Ishibashi's considerable fortune and has used the inheritance to fund her family's political causes.
She married former Japanese Foreign Minister Iichiro Hatoyama.
The couple had two sons, who are Ishibashi's grandchildren – politicians Kunio Hatoyama, who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Yukio Hatoyama, who was Prime Minister from September 16, 2009 to June 8, 2010. Ishibashi's motto for Bridgestone was to "serve society with products of superior quality".
He founded Ishibashi Cultural Center and the Bridgestone Museum of Art (also located at 10 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104) and was a major benefactor of the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, having also constructed the building in which it is housed.