Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. • • Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) started with nothing but an idea for an electric plug, and created a vast business empire that spread around the world. As the owner of Panasonic Corporation and other profitable business ventures, he amassed a personal fortune valued at more than three billion dollars.
     www.encyclopedia.com › history › encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps

     Konosuke Matsushita | Encyclopedia.com

2. People also ask

   How did Matsushita become famous?

   • Matsushita's battery powered lamp became so successful that many people bought them for use in their homes to replace the traditional kerosene lamps. Matsushita Electric was on the way to becoming a giant in the industry. The 1923 bullet-lamp was followed by an electric space heater, an electrically heated table, and a new type of thermostat.

   Konosuke Matsushita | Encyclopedia.com

   www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/konosuke-matsushita

   See all results for this question

   Who was Konosuke Matsushita?

   • Konosuke MatsushitaKonosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) started with nothing but an idea for an electric plug, and created a vast business empire that spread around the world. As the owner of Panasonic Corporation and other profitable business ventures, he amassed a personal fortune valued at more than three billion dollars.

   Konosuke Matsushita | Encyclopedia.com

   www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/konosuke-matsushita

   See all results for this question

   How did Matsushita grow up?

   • Matsushita was born into humble circumstances in the Japanese village of Wasa, on November 27, 1894. He grew into a nervous, rather sickly young adult with an un-promising future. At a time when you had to be well educated, charismatic, even rich, to succeed, he seemed destined for a life of struggle.

   Konosuke Matsushita | Encyclopedia.com

   www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/konosuke-matsushita

   See all results for this question

   How much money did Matsushita make a year?

   • Although he was generally unknown outside his native land of Japan, his company's sales eventually exceeded sixty three billion dollars every year. Matsushita was born into humble circumstances in the Japanese village of Wasa, on November 27, 1894. He grew into a nervous, rather sickly young adult with an un-promising future.

   Konosuke Matsushita | Encyclopedia.com

   www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/konosuke-matsushita

   See all results for this question

3. www.encyclopedia.com › konosuke-matsushitaKonosuke Matsushita | Encyclopedia.com

   www.encyclopedia.com › konosuke-matsushita

   • Cached

   Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) started with nothing but an idea for an electric plug, and created a vast business empire that spread around the world. As the owner of Panasonic Corporation and other profitable business ventures, he amassed a personal fortune valued at more than three billion dollars.

4. www.nippon.com › en › columnA Century of Matsushita Kōnosuke and His People-First ...

   www.nippon.com › en › column

   • Cached

   Mar 7, 2018 · Matsushita Kōnosuke’s life as a manager began in 1918. At the age of 23, he came up with an idea for an improved electric socket. This project was the beginning of Matushita Denki, today’s ...

5. holdings.panasonic › global › corporateThe 94-year Path of Konosuke Matsushita - Panasonic Museum ...

   holdings.panasonic › global › corporate

   • Cached

   Age 80 (1975) New Year's calligraphy. Age 88 (Dec. 1982) Portrait. Here you can learn about the path of Konosuke Matsushita's 94-year life, enjoy 30 selected gems of Konosuke's wisdom, digests of past special exhibitions held at the Konosuke Matsushita Museum, online exhibition content, and more.

6. holdings.panasonic › global › corporateA Message to Youth from Konosuke Matsushita - Special ...

   holdings.panasonic › global › corporate

   • Cached

   Feb 12, 2021 · In 1918, Konosuke Matsushita founded Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works. He was 23 years old. During the years leading up to the founding of his company, and during the turbulent times thereafter, he faced and overcame numerous challenges and grew as an individual. Let's look back on young Konosuke's way of life and thinking.

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

7. www.npr.org › 2024/05/27 › nx-s1-4956286There's not an easy answer for 'How To Become Famous' - NPR

   www.npr.org › 2024/05/27 › nx-s1-4956286

   6 days ago · SHAPIRO: That movie offers one of many hypotheticals that the behavioral economist Cass Sunstein explores in his latest book. It's called "How To Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten ...

8. www.dw.com › en › who-is-elon-musk-and-what-made-himWho is Elon Musk, and what made him big? – DW – 05/27/2020

   www.dw.com › en › who-is-elon-musk-and-what-made-him

   • Cached

   May 27, 2020 · 05/27/2020 May 27, 2020. How did an awkward, nerdy boy from South Africa become a world-famous American engineering entrepreneur? Elon Musk's story is a lesson in how a few simple principles ...

9. www.biography.com › musicians › how-the-beatles-formedHow the Beatles Got Together and Became the Best-Selling Band ...

   www.biography.com › musicians › how-the-beatles-formed

   • Cached

   Sep 8, 2020 · The only problem was they lacked a drummer. On short notice, they recruited Pete Best, whom they had seen play at Casbah Coffee Club. Lennon, Harrison, McCartney, Sutcliffe and Best left England ...