88-Year-Old Japanese Ex-Pet-Shop Owner Built A $14 Million Fortune Buying Stocks

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1. From Bloomberg reporter Yasutaka Tamura:

   When a regulatory filing revealed a stake of more than 5% had been built up in Japanese property management firm Storage-OH Co. last October its shares spiked 17%.

   The investor that provoked the fevered market response was Shigeru Fujimoto, an 88-year-old former pet-shop owner from the city of Kobe.

   In a nation where the norm has been for people to park their assets in cash and deposits that offer almost no interest, he’s built a small fortune. After almost seven decades of stock trading, the octogenarian has accumulated about ¥2 billion ($14 million) of wealth. Read the full story [here](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-29/japan-s-octogenarian-trader-who-built-a-14-million-fortune).

2. It only took him 70 years! lol

3. If he only had 60 years less he count enjoy his life

4. Here is the archived link without the paywall https://archive.is/CyWlO

5. Brain longevity. 🧠💯👏⏳🍵