Sharp Corporation
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"Sharp (company)" redirects here. For other companies with the same name, see Sharp (disambiguation) § Companies.
Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics company.[4][5] 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.[6] Since 2016, it is majority owned by Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., better known as Foxconn.[7][8]
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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; 111 years ago (1912-09-15) Tokyo, Japan[1] 16 September 1982; 41 years ago (1982-09-16) Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Founder | Tokuji Hayakawa[1] |
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)[2] |
¥52.77 billion (2020)[2] | |
¥20.96 billion (2020)[2] | |
Total assets | ¥1.83 trillion (2020)[2] |
Total equity | ¥364.59 billion (2020)[2] |
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Number of employees | 46,206 (2023)[3] |
Subsidiaries | List
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Website | global.sharp
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Sharp's net sales reached 2.55 trillion yen in fiscal year 2022 (ending February 29, 2024), according to Statista Research Department. This represents a slight increase from the previous year's figure of 2.5 trillion yen.[9]