Toshifumi Suzuki, 7-Eleven’s former president and key architect of the konbini empire, has died at 93. He steered Japan’s global convenience giant.
Suzuki has died at age 93 from heart failure at his Tokyo home, according to Seven-Eleven operator Seven & i Holdings. He helped bring 7-Eleven to Japan and led 7-Eleven Japan for four decades, overseeing a shift from a single store to tens of thousands of locations and pioneering in-store banking and other services.