Gary A. Tanaka

Gary A. Tanaka ( born June 23, 1943 in Hunt, Idaho ) is a Japanese -American businessman, sportsman and philanthropist who in 1979 co-founder of the investment company Amerindo Investment Advisors along with Alberto Vilar.

Tanaka was born during the Second World War in Minidoka concentration camp in Idaho. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated with a PhD degree at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, with a dissertation on the mathematics as a transition from laminar to turbulent flow in a fluid on a solid surface. He lives in London with his wife and two children in a house that had once been the headquarters of Dwight D. Eisenhower in wartime. Tanaka has two grown sons, Mark Tanaka, who is also active as a fund manager (the last of Sanno Point Capital Management) and Michael Tanaka, a remarkable entrepreneur based in the UK.

Tanaka was probably particularly through its donation of 27 million pounds known (approx. 40 million euros ) to Imperial College, which he donated in 2004 for the construction of the first named after himself Tanaka - building, designed by the international architecture, planning and design studio Foster and Partners has been developed. The building houses the Imperial College Business School, Business School facilities and combines with a new main entrance to the College. As a result of investigations against Vilar and Tanaka school in August 2008 by " Tanaka Business School " was renamed to " Imperial College Business School ".

Tanaka as the owner of a stud farm of race horses

Tanaka also has a stud extraordinary thoroughbred racehorses. His horses have won great races in Europe, North America and additionally prestige in Asia, in particular the Hong Kong Mile and the Singapore Airlines International Cup. The success of his stud is due in large part to its ability to transfer thoroughbreds of the highest quality of events in other countries in the U.S., where they can run for larger investors. Many breeds that are kept elsewhere on grass tracks are carried out on the bare ground during the U.S. race in general. Not every horse can move, but Tanaka and his coaches have so successfully done in many important cases. Important additional information about Tanaka's stud farm are listed in the title story of The Blood Horse in the issue dated 29 March 2008.