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Kao Corporation (4452.T)

6,075.00
+53.00
+(0.88%)
As of 11:30:00 AM GMT+9. Market Open.

Key Executives

Amounts are as of December 31, 2024 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in JPY.
NameTitlePayExercisedYear Born
Mr. Yoshihiro Hasebe President, CEO & Representative Director 199M -- 1960
Mr. Masakazu Negoro Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Finance Unit & Director 92M -- 1960
Mr. Toru Nishiguchi Senior Mngng Exec Ofcr, Head of Global & Asia Region of Global Consumer Care Div and Rep Director 91M -- 1961
Hideo Makino Senior VP of Accounting & Finance and Executive Officer -- -- --
Akiko Hasegawa Executive Officer & Global Senior VP of Legal -- -- --
Mr. Hideki Mamiya Senior Executive Officer & Senior VP of Human Capital Development -- -- --
Hiroshi Yamaguchi Senior Executive Officer & President of Kao (singapore) Private limited -- -- --
Mr. Satoru Tanaka Managing Executive Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Planning -- -- --
Mr. Hideaki Kubo Managing Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Research & Development -- -- --
Mr. Yoshihiro Murakami Managing Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Digital Strategy -- -- --

Kao Corporation

14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho
1-chome Chuo-ku
Tokyo, 103-8210
Japan
81 3 3660 7111 https://www.kao.com/jp/
Full Time Employees: 
32,566

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.

Corporate Governance

Kao Corporation’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of May 1, 2025 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 1; Shareholder Rights: 5; Compensation: 1.
Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.

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May 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM UTC

Kao Corporation Earnings Date

June 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC

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