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Name | Olympus Corporation |
Key people | Yasuo Takeuchi (President & CEO) |
Number of employees | 39,727 (31 March 2011) |
Revenue | ¥847,105 million (y/e March 2011) |
Industry | Electronics |
is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscopes and thermometers. 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 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. In 2011, Olympus attracted worldwide media scrutiny when it fired its CEO and the matter snowballed into a corporate corruption investigation with multiple arrests. It paid $646 million in kickback fines in 2016.