George Aratani Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
George Tesuo Aratani (荒谷 哲夫, Aratani Tesuo, May 22, 1917 in Gardena, California – February 19, 2013 in Santa Monica, California) was a Japanese American entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder of Mikasa china and owner of the Kenwood Electronics corporation.During World War II, Aratani was interned at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona. Since Aratani was bilingual, he was allowed to leave the internment camp to serve in the Military Intelligence Service, where he taught Japanese to American soldiers. Aratani's biography, "An American Son: The Story of George Aratani," details the losses his family endured during the 1940s.Under his guidance and through his contributions, Aratani helped with the restoration of numerous historical buildings in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo and was key to the creation of its Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. In 2004, at UCLA, he along with his wife Sakaye endowed the United States' first academic chair to study the World War II internment of people of Japanese descent and their efforts to gain redress.
Net Worth
$14 Million
Date Of Birth
May 22, 1917
Died
1922-05-13
Place Of Birth
Gardena, California, USA
Occupation
Japanese American entrepreneur and philanthropist
Profession
Japanese American entrepreneur and philanthropist
Nicknames
George Aratani, Aratani, George
Star Sign
Gemini
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Los Angeles-based philanthropist of Japanese American causes.
