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Toshiba Corporation
東芝株式会社
Native name
東芝株式会社
Romanized name
Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba
Public (K.K.)
Traded as :
Industry Conglomerate
Founded July 1875; 142 years ago (1875-07) (as Tanaka Seisakusho)
1890 (1890) (Hakunetsu-sha & Co)
1939 (1939) (merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho and Tokyo Denki)
Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nobuaki Kurumatani
(Chairman and CEO)
Satoshi Tsunakawa
(President and COO)
Products Electronics
Semiconductors
Social infrastructure
Computer hardware
Revenue Decrease¥5.668 trillion (2016)
Decrease¥(708.7) billion (2016)
Decrease¥(460) billion (2016)
Total assets Decrease¥5.433 trillion (2016)
Total equity Decrease¥328.8 billion (2016)
Number of employees
187,809 (2016)
Subsidiaries Toshiba America, Inc.
Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
Toshiba China Co., Ltd.
Toshiba of Europe Ltd.
(See full list)
Website toshiba.co.jp

Toshiba Corporation (東芝株式会社, Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba, English: /təˈʃbə,tɒ-,t-/), commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, consumer electronics, household appliances, medical equipment, office equipment, as well as lighting and logistics.

Toshiba was founded in 1939 as Tokyo Shibaura Denki K.K. through the merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho (founded in 1875) and Tokyo Denki (founded in 1890). The company name was officially changed to Toshiba Corporation in 1978. Toshiba made a large number of corporate acquisitions during its history, including of Semp in 1977, of Westinghouse Electric LLC in 2006, of Landis+Gyr in 2011, and IBM's point-of-sale business in 2012.

Toshiba is organized into four groupings: the Digital Products Group, the Electronic Devices Group, the Home Appliances Group and the Social Infrastructure Group. It is listed on the , where it is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX indices, the Osaka Securities Exchange and the . Toshiba is the seventh largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world.


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