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Kao Corporation (KAOCF)

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Kao Corporation

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

Sector(s)Consumer Defensive
IndustryHousehold & Personal Products
Full-time employees34,257

Key executives

NameTitlePayExercisedYear born
Mr. Yoshihiro HasebePresident, CEO & Representative Director699.49kN/A1960
Mr. Kenichi YamauchiExecutive Officer and Senior VP of Global Finance & AccountingN/AN/AN/A
Akiko HasegawaExecutive Officer & Global Senior VP of LegalN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Hideki MamiyaSenior Executive Officer & Senior VP of Human Capital DevelopmentN/AN/AN/A
Hiroshi YamaguchiSenior Executive Officer & President of Kao (singapore) Private limitedN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Satoru TanakaManaging Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Corporate StrategyN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Masakazu NegoroSenior Managing Executive Officer, Senior VP of Global Procurement & DirectorN/AN/A1960
Mr. Osamu TabataManaging Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Supply Chain ManagementN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Hideaki KuboManaging Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Research & DevelopmentN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Yoshihiro MurakamiManaging Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global DX StrategyN/AN/AN/A
Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene and living care, health and beauty care, life care business, cosmetics, and chemical products. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers fabric, kitchen, home, sanitary, and pet care products. The Health and Beauty Care Business segment provides facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, Salon, In-bathroom health care, and warming products. The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products. The Chemical Business segment offers 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 1 March 2024 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 1; Shareholder rights: 1; 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 10 indicates higher governance risk.