[4] He attended Keio University, graduating in 1960, and joining Yasuda Trust & Banking (now part of Mizuho Trust & Banking).
[4] He formally joined Mori Building as an employee in 1972.
[4] Following their father's death in 1993, he and his older brother Minoru Mori inherited the family business and in 1999 they split it after a falling-out.
Akira headed Mori Trust, while his brother headed what was left of the Mori Building company until his death on March 8, 2012.
[5] He expressed interest in expanding the company's Tokyo real estate portfolio in 2013 in the midst of economic reforms being enacted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.