dream YUSAKU
MAEZAWA
in 2023, the stargazing eccentric japanese billionaire and art collector will complete a six-day loop around the moon on the inaugural tourist flight of the spacex starship. he’s also buying the tickets for a handpicked group of creatives particating in his art project #dearmoon
interview by EMILIEN CRESPO
portrait by TAKASHI HOMMA
EMILIEN CRESPO — How did you start your e-commerce company?
YUSAKU MAEZAWA — In May 1998, I was a musician, a drummer [in the punk band Switch Style]. I also was a collector, buying a lot of hardcore and punk rock music through mail order, rare records from all over the world that you couldn’t find in Japan. My friends started asking for them, so I started procuring records for them — and for fans attending my concerts — which turned into a business. Then it spread nationwide. That led to the foundation of the…