Kao Corporation (4452.T) JPX

6,888.00

-47(-0.68%)

Updated at September 08 03:30PM

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Kao Corporation

Address

14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho

Tokyo, 103-8210

Japan

Phone

81 3 3660 7111

Sector

Consumer Defensive

Industry

Household & Personal Products

Employees

32566

First IPO Date

January 04, 2000

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Mr. Yoshihiro HasebePresident, Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director199M1960
Mr. Toru NishiguchiSenior Mngng Exec Ofcr, Head of Global & Asia Region of Global Consumer Care Div and Rep Director91M1961
Mr. Masakazu NegoroSenior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Finance Unit & Director92M1960
Akiko HasegawaExecutive Officer & Global Senior Vice President of Legal0N/A
Mr. Hideki MamiyaSenior Executive Officer & Senior Vice President of Human Capital Development0N/A
Mr. Yoshihiro MurakamiManaging Executive Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Digital Strategy0N/A
Hiroshi YamaguchiSenior Executive Officer & President of Kao (singapore) Private limited0N/A
Mr. Satoru TanakaManaging Executive Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Planning0N/A
Mr. Hideaki KuboManaging Executive Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Research & Development0N/A
Hideo MakinoSenior Vice President of Accounting & Finance and Executive Officer0N/A

Description

Kao Corporation develops and sells cosmetic, skin/hair care, human health care, fabric and home care, and chemical products. It operates through five segments: Hygiene and Living Care Business, Health and Beauty Care Business, Life Care Business, Cosmetics Business, and Chemical Business. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers laundry detergents; fabric treatments; kitchen, paper, and house cleaning products; sanitary napkins; and baby diapers. The Health and Beauty Care Business segments provides skin and hair care products, professional hair care products, bath additives, and oral care and thermo products. The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products. The Chemical Business segment offers oleo chemicals; fat and oil derivatives; surfactants; fragrances; water-reducing admixtures; casting sand binders; plastics additives; process chemicals; toners and toner binders; inkjet ink colorants and ink; fine polishing agents and cleaners; and materials and process chemicals. The company was formerly known as Kao Soap Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kao Corporation in 1982. Kao Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.