Sharp Corporation

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)
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 6753
Industry	Consumer electronics
Founded	15 September 1912 (1912-09-15) 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)
Website	global.sharp

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.