Saburobe Nakai Ⅲ

was a Japanese businessperson who was deeply involved in founding Mitsui Bank and Mitsui & Co., the head of branch family of Mitsui family and the founder of specialist trading company dealing in paper ranked first in Japan and third in the world, namely Japan Pulp and Paper Company.

Biography Saburobe Nakai III was born as the second son of Seikichi Nakai (Saburobe Nakai II) and Kin Nakai in Kyoto with the birth name, "Sanpei". He began to serve Mitsui family (later, Mitsui Zaibatsu) at the Kyoto headquarter at the age of 12. During Kaei Era, it grew into a well-known paper dealer. Especially in Mitsui Bank, he supported Minomura Rizaemon and Nakamigawa Hikojiro as its deputy head.