Sumitomo Corporation

Not to be confused with Sumitomo Group.

Sumitomo Corporation
Native name
住友商事株式会社
Sumitomo Shōji kabushiki gaisha
Company typePublic KK
IndustryGeneral trading
Founded24 December 1919; 104 years ago (1919-12-24)
Osaka, Japan
HeadquartersEast Tower 3-2 Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 100-8601, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kazuo Ohmori
(Chairman)
Masayuki Hyodo
(President, and Chief Executive Officer)
ServicesMetal
Construction
Transportation
Infrastructure
Chemicals
Energy
Mineral resources
Food
Consumer Goods
RevenueIncrease$ 32.16 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 3,317 billion JPY) (FY 2013)
Decrease$ 2.16 billion USD (FY 2013) (¥ 220.06 billion JPY) (FY 2019)
OwnerSumitomo Group
Number of employees
72,642 (consolidated as of March 31, 2020)
SubsidiariesSCSK
TBC Corporation (50%)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
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Sumitomo Corporation (Japanese: 住友商事株式会社, Hepburn: Sumitomo Shōji kabushiki gaisha) is one of the largest worldwide sōgō shōsha general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group.

It is listed on three Japanese stock exchanges (Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka) and is a constituent of the TOPIX and Nikkei 225 stock indices.[4][5] Today, the company is one of the top three sōgō shōsha companies in the world.

  1. ^ "Corporate Profile". Sumitomo Corporation. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Company Profile". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Company Financials". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ^ "TOPIX Core30 Components" (PDF). Japan Exchange Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved 25 September 2014.