Olympus Corporation

Overview

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• Ticker7733 on Tokyo Stock Exchange¹
• Industryelectronics¹
• HeadquartersShinjuku¹
• Founded inTokyo¹
• Websitewww.olympus-global.com
• Legal formkabushiki gaisha¹

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Olympus Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products, headquartered in Hachioji, Tokyo. Olympus was founded on October 12, 1919 as Takachiho Seisakusho by Takeshi Yamashita, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers, and later in imaging. In 1921, the name Olympus was registered as a trademark. In 1942, the company was renamed Takachiho Optical Industries, and in 1949 it was renamed Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. In 2003, the company adopted its current name, Olympus Corporation.²

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

• Baillie Gifford 5.8%
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 3.5%

Subsidiaries

• Olympus (Germany)
• Olympus (United Kingdom)
• Shirakawa Olympus Corporation (Japan)

Also owns

• Olympus

Former owners and parents

• Sony Group 2012 to 2019

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

• 201633,300¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

• 2016847.1B JPY¹

Timeline

1. 2012Acquired Acquired by Sony Group¹
2. Oct 12, 1919Founded Founded in Tokyo¹

Links

• Websitewww.olympus-global.com¹
• Websitewww.olympus.de¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/getolympus¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/getolympus¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UC-cq0qmowYCH4BCLROLsvVw¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/olympus-corp¹
• WikipediaOlympus Corporation
• WikidataQ688619