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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; 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]
Operating income
¥52.77 billion (2020)[2]
Net income
¥20.96 billion (2020)[2]
Total assets
¥1.83 trillion (2020)[2]
Total equity
¥364.59 billion (2020)[2]
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)[3]
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.sharpsharpconsumer.com
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]
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]
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^Uden, Lorna; Ting, I.-Hsien; Feldmann, Birgit (4 July 2022). Knowledge Management in Organisations: 16th International Conference, KMO 2022, Hagen, Germany, July 11–14, 2022, Proceedings. Springer Nature. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-031-07920-7.
^Nam, Thời báo Tài chính Việt. "Sharp chính thức về tay Foxconn Đài Loan". Thời báo Tài chính Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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Global Information
¥2.27 trillion (2020)[2]
¥52.77 billion (2020)[2]