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Tadashi Sasaki, 1915-2018: Mentor to Masayoshi Son

'Rocket Sasaki' pinned his faith, house and pension on SoftBank's young founder

Tadashi Sasaki, also known as "Rocket Sasaki," during a party celebrating his 100th birthday in 2014 (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)

TOKYO -- Tadashi Sasaki, Sharp's inspirational former vice president who turned the company into a global electronics powerhouse, died on Jan. 31 at the age of 102.

Sasaki, also known as "Rocket Sasaki," was a shrewd business leader who believed in co-creation, a philosophy that was evident in his close mentoring of entrepreneurial luminaries such as Apple's Steve Jobs and Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group.

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