Recruit (company)

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
FormerlyUniversity Advertising Co., Ltd. (1960-1963)
Japan Recruit Center Co., Ltd. (1963-1984)
Recruit Co., Ltd. (1984-2012)
Company typePublic (K.K.)
TYO: 6098
IndustryPublished media
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)[1]
Headquarters,
Key people
Hisayuki Idekoba, President, CEO and Representative Board Director
RevenueIncrease ¥3,416.4 billion (FY 2023)[2]
Increase ¥402.5 billion (FY 2023)[2]
Number of employees
128 (holding company)
58,493 (group) (as of March 31, 2023)[2]
Subsidiaries
Websiterecruit-holdings.com/en/
Recruit Higashi Shinbashi building

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社リクルートホールディングス, Kabushikigaisha Rikurūto Hōrudingusu), also known as RGF (an acronym for Recruit Global Family) outside Japan,[3] is a human resources holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded by Hiromasa Ezoe (江副浩正), then an educational psychology student at the University of Tokyo, as Daigaku Shimbun Koukokusha (大学新聞広告社, University Newspaper Advertisement Company) in 1960. It was a spin-off from the Todai Shimbun (the University of Tokyo's main student newspaper).[1][4]

In FY 2021, it reported sales of 2,872 billion Yen and revenue of 297 billion Yen, with 55.5% of its sales generated overseas.[5] Its flagship world-wide services include the job search engine Indeed and the employer review site Glassdoor. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a component of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core 30 indices.[6][7] As of March 2024, the company has the 13th largest market capitalisation in the country of 11.4 trillion Yen.[8]

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  2. ^ a b c "Company Profile".
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  4. ^ "リクルートが生まれた場所、東京大学新聞 リクルート創業者 江副浩正氏の「唯一の上司」 - 東大新聞オンライン". www.todaishimbun.org (in Japanese). 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  5. ^ 茂久, 村上 (2022-06-30). "リクルート、わずか10年で海外売上比率3.6%から55.5%へ。次々に成長事業を生む実力に「死角」はあるか". BUSINESS INSIDER JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  6. ^ "構成銘柄一覧 - 日経平均プロフィル". indexes.nikkei.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  7. ^ 「TOPIXニューインデックスシリーズ」の定期選定結果及び構成銘柄一覧 jpx.co.jp 2020年10月7日公表 2021年10月8日閲覧。
  8. ^ "日本株 日本企業時価総額上位ランキング - 日本経済新聞". 日本経済新聞 電子版. Retrieved 2024-03-24.