Japan · Delayed Price · Currency is JPY Kao Corporation Company Description
Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene and living care, health and beauty care, life care, cosmetics, and chemical products.
The company offers fabric, kitchen, home, and sanitary care products; facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, salon, in-bathroom health care, and warming products; and self-selection cosmetics, as well as provides cosmetics counselling services.
It also provides oleo chemicals, such as 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.
| Country | Japan |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Industry | Household & Personal Products |
| Sector | Consumer Staples |
| Employees | 32,566 |
| CEO | Yoshihiro Hasebe |
Contact Details
Address: 14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho Tokyo, 103-8210 Japan | |
| Phone | 81 3 3660 7111 |
| Website | kao.com |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | 4452 |
| Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Stock Type | Common Stock |
| Fiscal Year | January - December |
| Reporting Currency | JPY |
| ISIN Number | JP3205800000 |
| SIC Code | 2840 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Hasebe | Chief Executive Officer |
| Hideo Makino | Chief Financial Officer |