Sharp Corporation facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Sharp Corporation
	Sharp's 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)
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 6753
Industry	Consumer electronics
Founded	15 September 1912; 108 years ago; Tokyo, Japan
Founder	Tokuji Hayakawa
Headquarters	Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jeng-wu Tai; (President)
Products	Televisions, audiovisual, home appliances, information equipment, ICs, solar cells, mobile phones, fax machines, electronic components, calculators, LCD panels, Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicles (A-UGV)
Revenue	¥2.050 trillion (2017)
Operating income	¥34.67 billion (2017)
Net income	¥-24.87 billion (2017)
Total assets	¥1.773 trillion (2017)
Total equity	¥294.1 billion (2017)
Owner	Foxconn (65.93%)
Number of employees	41,898 (2018) (Foxconn 803,126)

Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. It is headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide.

Images for kids

Sharp portable TV
Sharp J-SH07 mobile phone, 2001 (Japanese market)
The Sharp factory in Kameyama, Mie, Japan
Sharp's booth at CES 2012 in Los Angeles, CA
Sharp's former headquarters complex in Abeno-ku, Osaka