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  • The Nakatani family consists of the heirs of Taro Nakatani, founder of medical testing equipment maker Sysmex, who died in 1984.
  • Thereafter, the fortune was listed under his wife Tadako Nakatani, who died in 2023.
  • The Nakatani family owns a minority stake in Sysmex.
  • Sysmex's chairperson and group CEO is the late Taro and Tadako's son-in-law, Hisashi Ietsugu, who joined the firm in 1986 and became president a decade later.
  • Sysmex reported $3.2 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ended in March 2024.
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Medical diagnostic equipment
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Kobe, Japan
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Japan
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