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Matsushita konosuke, japanese industrialist who founded the matsushita electric industrial co. Konosuke matsushita s two grandsons are masayuki matsushita, who is the current vicechairman of panasonic, and hiro matsushita, who is a former driver in the champ car series and owns swift engineering, an aerospace. Konosuke matsushita, november 27, 1894 april 27, 1989 was a japanese industrialist, the founder of matsushita electric, better known as the. Our website uses cookies and similar tools to improve its performance and enhance your user experience and by continuing to use this website without changing your settings, you consent to their use.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Learn the business philosophy of konosuke matsushita, founder of. Konosuke matsushita 18941989, a japanese industrialist and founder of matsushita electricpanasonic masaharu matsushita 19122012, a japanese businessman, and soninlaw of konosuke. Konosuke matsushita matsoshta struggled with the early deaths of family members, an apprenticeship which demanded sixteenhour days at age nine, all the problems associated with starting a business with neither money nor connections, the death of his only son, the great depression, the horror of world war ii in japan, and more. A biography of matsushitas life called matsushita leadership was written by american business management specialist john kotter in 1998. Konosuke matsushita 1894 1989 was a japanese industrialist who founded panasonic, the largest japanese consumer electronics company.
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