Shimizu Corporation
engineering firm in Japan
Shimizu Corporation (清水建設株式会社, Shimizu Kensetsu kabushiki gaisha) is an architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm. It has annual sales of approximately US$15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in Japan and among the top 20 in the world.
It is a family business listed in the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges and a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index.
History
Architectures
List of the Presidents
Shimizu Kisuke (1804 - 1859) - Founder
Shimizu Kisuke, Formerly Fujisawa Seishichi (1859 - 1891) - Step son of Kisuke
Shimizu Mitsunosuke (1881 - 1887)
Shimizu Mitsunosuke, formerly Shimizu Kisaburo (1887 - 1915)
Shimizu Teikichi (1915 - 1940) - Step brother of the father Mitsunosuke.
Shimizu Yasuo (1940 - 1966) - the son of Teikichi, the heir of Kisaburo
Yoshikawa Seiichi (1966 - 1972)
Noji Kiichi (1972 - 1981)
Yoshino Teruzo (1981年 - 1989)
Imamura Harusuke (1990 - 1999)
Nomura Tetsuya (1999 - 2007)
Miyamoto Yoichi (2007 - 2016)
About Shimizu
The company is named after its founder Kisuke Shimizu, who was born in Koba Village, Etchu (now part of Toyama), and has nothing to do with the former city Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Kisuke Shimizu formed the company in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1804. The company has been headquartered there ever since.
Shimizu Corporation is an international general contractor, publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nagoya Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. It has a network spanning Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa.
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