KONOSUKE MATSUSHITA
1894–1989
Konosuke Matsushita was the founder of Panasonic Corporation, one of the world’s major consumer electronics manufacturers. His impoverished childhood and lack of education informed many of his business strategies; Matsushita believed that companies should help society to end poverty and improve people’s lives.
The youngest of eight children, Konosuke Matsushita was born in Wakayama, southern Japan, in 1894. Matsushita’s family had been well off, but when he was four years old, his father made poor business decisions that led to the loss of their land and farm, and ...
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