Background
Satake Jiro was born on 1896 in Kofu, Tokushima, Japan. Second son of Sakutaro Satake of Tokyo Electric Cooperation.
Satake Jiro was born on 1896 in Kofu, Tokushima, Japan. Second son of Sakutaro Satake of Tokyo Electric Cooperation.
Saw service with the South Manchuria Railway and became president of the Japan Land and Security, the Nissan Life Insurance, and the Fukoku Life Insurance companies. Elected president of Showa Denko (Electric Engineering) Company (1953). He belongs to the so-called Ko-shu (Yamanashi Prefecture) financial clique.