From the time he was a small child, Chizuo Matsumoto wanted only one thing, to be rich. It was quite an ambition considering his circumstances.
Born in Kyushu, southern Japan in 1955, he was the fourth son of a poor weaver, who carved out a meager existence making Tatami, the closely-woven straw mats, traditionally used as flooring in Japanese homes.
Ironically, the family was too poor to afford such luxuries, living as they did in a rough shack with earthen floors.
Poverty wasnâ??t the only challenge the young Chizuo faced. Smitten at birth with infantile glaucoma, he was blind in his left eye and only partially sighted in his right.
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