優(yōu)衣庫(kù)繼承人可能是女性

Tadashi Yanai, Fast Retailing Co.’s 70-year-old billionaire founder, said he would prefer to be succeeded by a woman, which would be better for Asia’s largest retailer.

迅銷(xiāo)公司(Fast Retailing Co.)創(chuàng)始人、現(xiàn)年70歲的億萬(wàn)富翁柳井正(Tadashi Yanai)說(shuō)，他更希望由一位女性接任，這對(duì)這家亞洲最大的零售商來(lái)說(shuō)會(huì)更有利。

“The job is more suitable for a woman,” Yanai, the chief executive officer behind clothing giant Uniqlo, said in an interview. “They are persevering, detailed oriented and have an aesthetic sense.”

“這份工作更適合女性，”服裝巨頭優(yōu)衣庫(kù)(Uniqlo)的首席執(zhí)行官柳井正(Yanai)在接受采訪時(shí)說(shuō)。“她們堅(jiān)持不懈，注重細(xì)節(jié)，有美感。”

As Yanai gets older, he’s been asked more frequently about succession at the company, which he built from his father’s tailor shop into a global brand.

隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，柳井正越來(lái)越多地被問(wèn)及公司的繼承權(quán)問(wèn)題。柳井正把父親的裁縫店發(fā)展成為一個(gè)全球品牌。

A possible candidate could be Maki Akaida, who was appointed this year to run Uniqlo’s Japan operations — the company’s most profitable unit.

一位可能的候選人是赤田真治(Maki Akaida)，她今年被任命負(fù)責(zé)優(yōu)衣庫(kù)日本業(yè)務(wù)——該公司利潤(rùn)最高的部門(mén)。

Yanai said he wants to increase the ratio of female senior executives to more than half the total.

柳井正表示，他希望將女性高管的比例提高到一半以上。

Fast Retailing currently has six women in such roles, after hitting its goal last year of having more than 30% of women in management positions.

迅銷(xiāo)去年實(shí)現(xiàn)了管理職位女性比例超過(guò)30%的目標(biāo)，目前已有6名女性擔(dān)任這類(lèi)職位。

Fast Retailing shares climbed 0.9% in Tokyo trading on Wednesday.

周三，迅銷(xiāo)在東京的股價(jià)上漲0.9%。

Japan has faced scrutiny over its lack of gender diversity in top management roles; only 4.1% of executive titles at publicly traded firms in the country are held by women. That pales in comparison with places such as the U.S., where women make up about a quarter of executive ranks, according to multiple studies.

日本的高層管理職位缺乏性別多樣性，因此受到了社會(huì)關(guān)注;在美國(guó)上市公司中，只有4.1%的高管職位由女性擔(dān)任。與美國(guó)等地相比，這顯得微不足道，多項(xiàng)研究顯示，在美國(guó)，女性在高管隊(duì)伍中約占四分之一。

“It’s a possibility,” Yanai said when asked whether Akaida would be a potential successor. Akaida, 40, joined the company in 2001 and has managed Uniqlo stores in China and Japan, as well as working in the sales and human resources divisions.

“這是一種可能性，”當(dāng)被問(wèn)及Akaida是否會(huì)是一個(gè)潛在的繼任者時(shí)，柳井正表示。現(xiàn)年40歲的Akaida于2001年加入優(yōu)衣庫(kù)，管理中國(guó)和日本的優(yōu)衣庫(kù)門(mén)店，并負(fù)責(zé)銷(xiāo)售和人力資源部門(mén)工作。