Itochu

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Itochu Corporation

Native name	伊藤忠商事株式会社
Romanized name	Itōchū Shōji kabushiki gaisha
Formerly	C. Itoh & Co., Ltd.
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 8001 TOPIX Large 70 component
Industry	General trading
Founded	1858; 166 years ago (1858) (predecessor business) 1949; 75 years ago (1949) (present corporation)
Founder	Chubei Itoh
Headquarters	Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Key people	Masahiro Okafuji (Chairman and CEO) Keita Ishii[2] (President and COO)
Revenue	¥4,838 billion (Mar. 2018)
Net income	¥374.5 billion (Mar. 2018)
Total assets	¥7,848 billion (Mar. 2018)
Total equity	¥2,662 billion (Mar. 2018)
Owner	Berkshire Hathaway (7.4%)
Number of employees	102,762 including subsidiaries (Mar. 2018)[3]
Subsidiaries	Itochu Techno-Solutions FamilyMart Yanase Dole Edwin Century 21 Real Estate
Website	www.itochu.co.jp

Itochu Corporation (伊藤忠商事株式会社, previously known as C. Itoh & Co. until 1992) is a Japanese corporation based in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka and Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo.

It is one of the largest Japanese sogo shosha (general trading and investment companies) distinguished by the strength of its textile business and its successful business operations in China.^[3] Itochu was ranked 72nd on the 2020 list of Fortune Global 500 companies, with an annual trading revenue of US$100 billion.^[4]