Sharp Corporation

Sharp Corporation
	Logo since 1960
	Headquarters at its factory in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
Native name	シャープ株式会社
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
Traded as	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)
Operating income	¥52.77 billion (2020)
Net income	¥20.96 billion (2020)
Total assets	¥1.83 trillion (2020)
Total equity	¥364.59 billion (2020)
Owners	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (22.32%); SIO International Holdings Limited (13.23%); Foxconn (Far East) Limited (11.81%); Foxconn Technology Pte. Ltd. (9.96%);
Number of employees	46,206 (2023)
Subsidiaries	List Sharp Marketing Japan; Sharp Energy Solutions; ScienBiziP Japan; Dynabook; Sharp Semiconductor Innovation; Sharp Fukuyama Laser; Sharp Cocoro Life; Sharp Display Technology; Sharp NEC Display Solutions (66.0%); Sharp Sensing Technology; Sharp Electronics Corporation; Sharp Electronics of Canada; Sharp Corporation Mexico; Sharp Electronics (Europe) Limited; Sharp International Finance (U.K.); Sharp Electronics (Europe) GmbH; Sharp Middle East Free Zone Establishment; Sharp Universal Technology (Shenzhen); Shanghai Sharp Electronics; Sharp Hong Kong; Yantai Xiaye Electronics; Sharp (Taiwan) Electronics; Sharp Electronics (Malaysia); Sharp Singapore Electronics; Sharp Appliances (Thailand); Sharp Manufacturing (Thailand); Sharp Manufacturing Vietnam; Sharp Business Systems (India); Sharp Corporation of Australia;
Website	global.sharp sharpconsumer.com

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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.