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Successful entrepreneur and business leader Akira Yamamura tells the true story of his fight to succeed and survive in a global business environment. The story begins with his unusual early family life and his rebellion against the path his father, an influential politician, expected of him, and continues with his enduring setbacks and striving toward creating a billion-dollar hi-tech enterprise. Alone with little money, he went to the United States to study and better himself. There, through many twists and turns, he created a life where he rose through the ranks to lead a rapidly growing international company. This story will inspire and promote the idea of ambition in readers of all ages.

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Born in Japan in 1944, after graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at Keio University in 1966 he went to study in the US. In 1969, he completed his master's degree at Northeastern University and joined Cambridge Thermionics. He changed his job to Ferrofluidics in 1979 and became the current CEO of Ferrotec in Japan in1980. He led the top manufacturer of magnetic fluid application products. In 1987, he became independent from the U.S. parent company through an MBO. In 1999, the former parent company became a wholly owned subsidiary through a takeover bid, and this continues to this day.

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