Masataka Taketsuru
Japanese chemist and businessman
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Masataka Taketsuru was a Japanese chemist and businessman. He is known as the founder of Japan's whisky industry and Nikka Whisky Distilling.
Born to a family that had owned a sake brewery since 1733, he traveled to Scotland in 1918 to study... Wikipedia
Born: 1894, Takehara, Hiroshima, Japan
Died: August 29, 1979 (age 85 years), Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan
Spouse: Rita Taketsuru (m. 1920–1961)
Organizations founded: Nikka Whisky Distilling and Suntory Yamazaki Distillery
Alma mater: University of Glasgow; Osaka University