Mori Building Company
Mori Building Company, Limited (森ビル株式会社, Mori Biru kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese family-owned property management firm. As of 2015 its president and CEO is Shingo Tsuji. Its headquarters are in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.
Native name | 森ビル株式会社 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Moribiru kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Private family-owned KK |
| Industry | Real estate, development |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | Taikichiro Mori |
| Headquarters | Mori Tower 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato Tokyo, Japan, , |
Area served | Japan, China, Indonesia |
Key people | Shingo Tsuji (President and CEO) |
| Services | Real estate development, Office leasing |
| Owner | Mori family (95.94%) |
Number of employees | 1,343 |
| Website | mori.co.jp |
Mori Building has been managing office building leases since 1955. Its focus has been in Minato, Tokyo. As of 2011, it manages 107 office facilities in Japan and China with a total of 1,160,000 m2 (12,500,000 sq ft) of space.
Taikichiro Mori, the founder, quit his job as an economics professor and entered the real estate business. He became the richest man in the world, and his net worth in 1992 was $13 billion U.S. dollars. At the time his net worth was double that of Bill Gates and $3 billion more than Yoshiaki Tsutsumi. Taikichiro Mori died of heart failure on January 30, 1993, at the age of 88.