Itochu
Native name | 伊藤忠商事株式会社 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Itōchū Shōji kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | C. Itoh & Co., Ltd. |
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | General trading |
| Founded | 1858 (predecessor business) 1949 (present corporation) |
| Founder | Chubei Itoh |
| Headquarters | Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Masahiro Okafuji (chairman and CEO) Keita Ishii (president and COO) |
| Revenue | ¥4,838 billion (Mar. 2018) |
| ¥374.5 billion (Mar. 2018) | |
| Total assets | ¥7,848 billion (Mar. 2018) |
| Total equity | ¥2,662 billion (Mar. 2018) |
| Owner | Berkshire Hathaway (7.4%) |
Number of employees | 102,762 including subsidiaries (Mar. 2018) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www.itochu.co.jp |
Itochu Corporation (伊藤忠商事株式会社; previously known as C. Itoh & Co. until 1992) is a Japanese corporation based in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka and Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo.
It is one of the largest Japanese sogo shosha (general trading and investment companies) distinguished by the strength of its textile business and its successful business operations in China. Itochu was ranked 72nd on the 2020 list of Fortune Global 500 companies, with an annual trading revenue of US$100 billion.