From Rice Farmer's Son to Financial Giant: Japan's 88-Year-Old Market Legend

The Warren Buffet of Japan, Shigeru Fujimoto (藤本 茂), is the 88-year-old stock wizard who went from the son of a poor rice farmer to a 1.8-billion-yen fortune

In the high-stakes world of stock trading, few stories rival the rags-to-riches saga of Shigeru Fujimoto, who rose from the rice fields of post-war Japan to amass a fortune.