Kazuo Ueda
32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Data Confidence: 72% · Sources: 1 · Last Updated: Sep 26, 2026
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- Net Worth
- Undisclosed
- Reach
- 125.0M people
- Strongest
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- 💰 Net Worth ▲
- Undisclosed — estimated significant wealth
- 🌐 Reach ▲
- 125.0M people
- 🔌 Power ▲
- As Governor of the Bank of Japan, Ueda wields direct statutory authority over monetary policy, interest rates, and foreign exchange market operations for the world's fourth-largest national economy.
- 👁️ Influence ▲
- His policy decisions, such as the historic March 19, 2024 decision to raise interest rates for the first time in 17 years, directly shift global financial yields and international currency flows.
- 🤝 Network ▲
- He maintains deep ties across global central banking and academic institutions through his advisor Stanley Fischer at MIT, his ex-officio seat on the IMF Board of Governors, and his tenure leading the Japan Economic Association.
- 🏛️ Legacy ▲
- Ueda's primary legacy centers on guiding Japan out of its decades-long deflationary macroeconomic regime by terminating yield curve control and zero interest rates in 2024.
- 🔮 Trajectory ▲
- Rising ↑ — first assessment on record.
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About
Kazuo Ueda is a Japanese economist serving as the 32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan since April 2023. Prior to his central bank appointment, he served as dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo, president of the Japan Economic Association, and professor at Kyoritsu Women's University. Educated at the University of Tokyo and MIT, where his doctoral advisor was Stanley Fischer, Ueda represents an academic appointment to Japan's top monetary post. In March 2024, he led the central bank to dismantle its long-running zero-interest-rate policy and yield curve control framework.
Known For
Leading the Bank of Japan to end its 17-year policy of zero interest rates and yield curve control in March 2024.
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