Itochu
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Itochu Corporation (伊藤忠商事株式会社, previously known as C. Itoh & Co. until 1992) is a Japanese corporation based in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka and Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo.
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Native name | 伊藤忠商事株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Itōchū Shōji kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly | C. Itoh & Co., Ltd. |
Company type | Public KK |
Industry | General trading |
Founded | 1858; 166 years ago (1858) (predecessor business) 1949; 75 years ago (1949) (present corporation) |
Founder | Chubei Itoh |
Headquarters | Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Key people | Masahiro Okafuji (Chairman and CEO) Keita Ishii[2] (President and COO) |
Revenue | ¥4,838 billion (Mar. 2018) |
¥374.5 billion (Mar. 2018) | |
Total assets | ¥7,848 billion (Mar. 2018) |
Total equity | ¥2,662 billion (Mar. 2018) |
Owner | Berkshire Hathaway (7.4%) |
Number of employees | 102,762 including subsidiaries (Mar. 2018)[3] |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | www.itochu.co.jp |
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It is one of the largest Japanese sogo shosha (general trading and investment companies) distinguished by the strength of its textile business and its successful business operations in China.[3] Itochu was ranked 72nd on the 2020 list of Fortune Global 500 companies, with an annual trading revenue of US$100 billion.[4]