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Olympus Corporation
Logo since 2000
Native name
オリンパス株式会社
Romanized name
Orinpasu Kabushiki-kaisha
Company type
Public
Traded as
TYO: 7733
Industry
Electronics
Founded
12 October 1919; 104 years ago (1919-10-12) (as Takachiho Seisakusho) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Founder
Takeshi Yamashita[1]
Headquarters
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Yasuo Takeuchi (president & CEO)
Products
Precision machinery and instruments
Cameras
Voice recorders
Endoscopes and other medical devices
Face cream
Plastic tableware
Revenue
¥847,105 million (y/e March 2011)[2]
Owners
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group[3](4.60%)
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group[3](2.44%)
Number of employees
31,557 (31 March 2022)[2]
Website
olympus-global.com
Olympus Corporation (Japanese: オリンパス株式会社, Hepburn: Orinpasu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers.[4] Olympus holds roughly a 70 percent share of the global endoscope market, estimated to be worth approximately US$2.5 billion. Its global headquarters are located in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
In 2011, Olympus attracted worldwide media scrutiny when it fired its CEO Michael Christopher Woodford for whistleblowing, and the matter snowballed into a corporate corruption investigation[5] with multiple arrests.[6] In 2016, it paid US$646million (equivalent to $804million in 2023) in fines associated with its illegal, long running, kickback scheme.[7]
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Global Information
¥847,105 million (y/e March 2011)[2]