Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics company. It is headquartered in Sakai, Osaka and was founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1912 in Honjo, Tokyo and established as the Hayakawa Metal Works Institute in Abeno, Osaka in 1924. Since 2016, it is majority owned by Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., better known as Foxconn.
Logo since 1960 | |
Headquarters at its factory in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture | |
Native name | シャープ株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Shāpu kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly | Hayakawa Metal Works (1924–1942) Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (1942–1970) Sharp Electric Co. (spin-off) (1956–1967) |
Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 6753 Nikkei 225 Component | |
Industry | Consumer electronics |
Founded | 15 September 1912 Tokyo, Japan 16 September 1982 Tokyo, Japan |
Founder | Tokuji Hayakawa |
Headquarters | Sakai-ku Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Po-Hsuan Wu (President and CEO) Masahiro Okitsu (Executive Vice President) |
Products | Televisions, audiovisual, home appliances, information equipment, ICs, solar cells, mobile phones, fax machines, electronic components, calculators, LCD panels, personal computers, pumps |
Revenue | ¥2.27 trillion (2020) |
¥52.77 billion (2020) | |
¥20.96 billion (2020) | |
Total assets | ¥1.83 trillion (2020) |
Total equity | ¥364.59 billion (2020) |
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Number of employees | 46,206 (2023) |
Subsidiaries | List
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Website | global.sharp
sharpconsumer |
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