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President, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

Nationality: Japanese.

Career: Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, 1966–1997, various positions; 1997–2000, managing director; 2000–2001, vice president; 2001–, president.

Address: 1-4-35, Shiromi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 540-8512, Japan, 81-6-6937-1435; http://www.sumitomolife. co.jp.

■ Shinichi Yokoyama was employed for most of his life at the same company—Sumitomo Life Insurance, rising from an entry-level position to become the president of the company. He gained so much respect from colleagues as he climbed the company ladder that when the head of the Life Insurance Association of...