Usaburo Yomo
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
Usaburo Yomo was an adopted son-in-law who married Masu, eldest daughter of Unosuke Yomo, fifth head of the Yomo family, which made mirin and shochu in Fushimi, Kyoto. When the Yomo family's sole proprietorship was reorganized as Yomo Gomei Kaisha on October 1, 1905, the representative partner was Hidesaburo Yomo, Unosuke's third son, but the company was organized around Usaburo. A little over a year later he became president of Yomo Gomei Kaisha and ran it for the next 20 years with Hidesaburo as his only partner. In 1916 he personally visited and recruited Kurakichi Omiya, then engineer and plant manager at Nippon Shurui Jozo in Uwajima.
Selection
He was one of seven members of the founding promoters' meeting on August 10, 1925, and at the inaugural general meeting on September 6 was elected President of Takara Shuzo. Yomo Gomei Kaisha had been damaged in the 1920 panic and by 1922 had been driven to propose a merger with Teikoku Shuzo, but manager Kurakichi Omiya opposed the merger and won approval for a plan to reorganize as a joint-stock company without outside capital. Of the 29,000 new shares issued in the capital increase that came with absorbing Yomo Gomei Kaisha, 8,700 were allotted to Usaburo Yomo, the most among the family and Omiya.
Initiatives
The first year, begun in October 1925, ended with production of 120,000 koku and profit of ¥440,000, and in November 1926 the company merged with Teikoku Shuzo, gaining the Ichikawa plant in Chiba. When shochu production and prices were locked in by industry controls, he set up a research department in October 1937 and set out a policy of moving into new businesses close to shochu. In 1938 the Kizaki plant producing alcohol was transferred to Toa Shusei Kogyo, with Usaburo Yomo also serving as that company's president. On October 28, 1940, at age 74, he stepped down as president, created the new post of chairman and handed the presidency to Hidesaburo Yomo.
Career
Career
Takara Holdings
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Sep 1925 | President |
| 1940 | Stepped down as President |