Momofuku Ando (Japanese: 安藤 百福, Hepburn: Andō Momofuku,
Momofuku Ando (Japanese: 安藤 百福, Hepburn: Andō Momofuku, born Go Pek-Hok; Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Pek-hok; March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007), was an inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.[5] He is known as the inventor of instant noodles (ramen noodles) and the creator of the brands Top Ramen and Cup Noodles.[6][3][7]
Early life and education
Ando was born Go Pek-Hok (Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Pek-hok) in 1910 into a wealthy family of Hoklo Chinese ethnicity in Chiayi County, when the island of Taiwan was under Japanese colonial rule. He was raised by his grandparents within the city walls of Tainan following the deaths of his parents.[4] His grandparents owned a small textiles store, which inspired him, at the age of 22, to start his own textiles company, using 190,000 yuan, in Tōa-tiū-tiâⁿ, Taipei.
In 1933, Ando traveled to Osaka, where he established a clothing company while studying economics at Ritsumeikan University.[4] He renounced his Japanese citizenship after Taiwan was liberated from Japanese rule in 1945, in order to keep his property on the island, but again became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 1966.[5]
Career
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