# Hiromasa Ezoe

> Hiromasa Ezoe was a Japanese industrialist who founded Recruit Holdings. He is remembered as one of the most prolific entrepreneurs educated at the University of Tokyo, alongside Kiichiro Toyoda and Namihei Odaira. Ezoe was also the central figure in the Recruit insider trading scandal, which fundamentally changed the Japanese political landscape after the resignation of prominent figures including then-PM Noboru Takeshita.

*Japanese businessperson*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/hiromasa-ezoe

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1936-06-12
- **Died:** 2013-02-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 66.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11550665)
- [Hiromasa Ezoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromasa_Ezoe)
- [江副浩正](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%9F%E5%89%AF%E6%B5%A9%E6%AD%A3)

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