Soichiro Ohara

Japanese: 大原総一郎 - おおはらそういちろう

Born: July 29, 1909 in Okayama
[Died] July 27, 1968. Tokyo businessman. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo in 1932, he joined Kurashiki Silk (now Kuraray), an affiliate of Kurashiki Spinning, which was run by his family. He became president in 1939, and in 1941 also served as president of Kurashiki Spinning. He gained recognition as a businessman for his original development of the industrialization of vinylon, but he is also known for developing businesses such as the Ohara Agricultural Research Institute, the Ohara Institute of Social Research, Kurashiki Central Hospital, and the Ohara Museum of Art. In 1964, he became chairman of the National Lifestyle Council, where he was the first to emphasize corporate social responsibility and to advocate the principle of producer responsibility for pollution problems. In his private life, he was fascinated by R. Schumann and Van Gogh, and was an educated man who made music a part of his life. He was one of the managers with an entrepreneurial spirit who reinterpreted nature, humans, and science and technology in a comprehensive manner.

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Japanese:

[生]1909.7.29. 岡山
[没]1968.7.27. 東京
実業家。 1932年，東京大学経済学部を卒業後，一族の経営する倉敷紡績の関連会社・倉敷絹織 (現クラレ ) に入社。 39年社長に就任し，41年から倉敷紡績社長も兼任した。経営者として評価を高めたのは，独自の開発によるビニロンの工業化だが，他方で，大原農業研究所，大原社会問題研究所，倉敷中央病院，大原美術館などの事業を発展させたことでも著名。 64年国民生活審議会会長に就任し，初めて企業の社会的責任を強調，公害問題に対して発生者責任の原則を提唱した。私生活では R.シューマンとゴッホに魅せられ，音楽を生活の一部とした教養人であった。起業家精神をもち，自然と人間，科学技術を総合的にとらえ直した経営者の1人である。

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