Masataka Taketsuru
Japanese businessman (1894–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Masataka Taketsuru (竹鶴 政孝, Taketsuru Masataka, 1894–1979) was a Japanese chemist and businessman. He is known as the founder of Japan's whisky industry and Nikka Whisky Distilling.
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Born | 竹鶴 政孝 たけつる まさたか 20 June 1894 |
Died | 29 August 1979(1979-08-29) (aged 85) Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow Osaka University |
Known for | Founder of Nikka Whisky |
Spouse(s) | Rita Taketsuru (1920.01.08-1961.01.17, her death) |
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Born to a family that had owned a sake brewery since 1733, he traveled to Scotland in 1918 to study organic chemistry and distilling. He then returned to Japan establishing a whisky distillery at Suntory and founded his own distilling company, Nikka Whisky, in 1934.