Tadashi Yanai (柳井 正, Yanai Tadashi, born February 7, 1949) is founder and president of Fast Retailing, of which Uniqlo (ユニクロ, "unique clothing") is a subsidiary. He is routinely ranked as one of the richest men in Japan, and in January 2014 was ranked 35th richest person in the world according to Bloomberg, making him the richest man in Japan with an estimated net worth of 19.9 billion USD in 2009 and $17.6 billion in 2014.