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Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first inventions, the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915. Since then it has developed into one of the leading electronics companies in the world.

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Company TypeHardware
Date Formed1912
Founder(s)
Tokuji Hayakawa
CEO
Kozo Takahashi
Website
Address

22-22 Nagaike-cho
Abeno-ku, Osaka
545-8522
Japan


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