6. Sharp
By being 105 years old, Sharp is a very old electronics company in our list based out in Sakai, Japan.
Image: company website
Surprisingly, it got its name from the founder’s first invention ie the world popular ever-sharp mechanical pencil. Its electronics journey started from Japanese Radio sets, calculators and basic amplifiers and receivers.
It was in 1980s when sharp partnered with Nintendo and produced the first Sharp Nintendo television. Television business was going well until 2005 when its business started experiencing huge loss. In 2016, Foxconn Electronics acquired sharp brand. Despite its troubles, it remained a world leader in Liquid Crystal Display technology and a leading TV brand. Sharp re-entered Television industry with a bang and launched LED, LCD and UHD televisions under very popular Aquos brand. The speciality of these TVs is Quattron technology which not only gives unique colours identical to nature but also is environment and power friendly.
Parameters (S in $billion)
Market Share: 4.2
Revenue: 17.48
Market Cap: 4.422
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