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 Logo since 2000 | |
Native name | オリンパス株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Orinpasu Kabushiki-kaisha |
| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 7733 | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 12 October 1919 (as Takachiho Seisakusho) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Founder | Takeshi Yamashita[1] |
| Headquarters | Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Stefan Kaufmann (president & CEO) |
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| Revenue |  ¥847,105 million (y/e March 2011)[2] |
| Owners | |
Number of employees | 31,557 (31 March 2022)[2] |
| Website | olympus-global.com |
Olympus Corporation (Japanese: オリンパス株式会社, Hepburn: Orinpasu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers.[4] Olympus holds roughly a 70 percent share of the global endoscope market, estimated to be worth approximately US$2.5 billion. Its global headquarters are located in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
In 2011, Olympus attracted worldwide media scrutiny when it fired its CEO Michael Christopher Woodford for whistleblowing, and the matter snowballed into a corporate corruption investigation[5] with multiple arrests.[6] In 2016, it paid US$646 million (equivalent to $804 million in 2023) in fines associated with its illegal, long running, kickback scheme.[7]
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- ^ a b Outline, Olympus, archived from the original on 28 October 2011, retrieved 16 November 2011
- ^ a b "OLYMPUS CORPORATION : Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile | JP3201200007 | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com.
- ^ "Founding". History of Olympus. Olympus. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
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