Most Powerful Women Asia

Yumiko Takano

Courtesy of Oriental Land
  • Title
    Representative Director, Chairperson and CEO
  • Company/Affiliation
    Oriental Land
  • Country/Territory
    Japan

Four decades after joining Oriental Land, Disney's only licensed park operator, Yumiko Takano in 2023 became its first woman CEO and chairman. The $42 billion company runs the wildly popular Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea parks and five Disney hotels that welcomed 27.6 million visitors in its 2025 financial year. Oriental Land wants to generate $7 billion in annual revenue by 2035 due to investments in new rides and its first Disney-branded cruise ship.