Shōjirō Ishibashi (石橋 正二郎, Ishibashi Shōjirō, February 1, 1889 – September 11, 1976) was a Japanese businessman who founded the Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest maker of tires,[1] in 1931 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.

[1] After the end of the Second World War and the subsequent occupation of Japan, Ishibashi became extensively embroiled in Japanese politics.

Ishibashi was close to Ichiro Hatoyama, who was a rival to prime minister Shigeru Yoshida.

Ishibashi's motto for Bridgestone was to "serve society with products of superior quality".

He founded Ishibashi Cultural Center and the Bridgestone Museum of Art (also located at 10 Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104) and was a major benefactor of the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, having also constructed the building in which it is housed.Ishibashi made sure of birth and the end of the Prince Motor Company.