Tadao Kashio
Founder of Casio (1917–1993)1
Tadao Kashio (樫尾 忠雄 Kashio Tadao; 26 November 1917 – 4 March 1993) was a Japanese entrepreneur and the founder of Casio.2
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Born Nov 26, 1917, died Mar 4, 1993.1
About
An engineer by profession, Kashio founded Kashio Seisakujo in April 1946 and served as its president from 1960 to 1988. He led the company's development from a small manufacturing business into an international electronics company through products such as electronic calculators, electronic cash registers, digital watches, and electronic musical instruments.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedWaseda University3
Early life
The second son of Shigeru and Kiyono Kashio, Tadao Kashio was born in the village of Kureta-mura, now part of Nankoku, Kōchi, in Kōchi Prefecture. His father, a farmer, moved with the family to Tokyo following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, where he worked as a construction worker.
As a student, Kashio sought employment to help support his father financially. He initially found work at a milk factory and was eventually hired by a factory producing military medals. Impressed by his determination, the factory manager arranged for him to become an apprentice lathe operator at a machine-tool factory. There, Kashio demonstrated considerable skill and dedication, eventually earning a recommendation from the factory's manager to attend Waseda Kōshu Gakkō (早稲田工手学校), where he studied mechanical engineering.
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur, businessperson.5
Personal life
Early career and marriage
After graduating with a degree in engineering, Kashio worked as a manager and inventor at a valve manufacturing plant, where he demonstrated strong organizational and management skills. He devoted his free time to producing various tools and utensils until the outbreak of the Second World War, when he was employed at a factory producing radio components.
In 1943, Kashio married Shige Noguchi, with whom he had four children, three daughters and one son.
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Awards
- Date not recordedOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class9
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataTadao Kashio on Wikidata
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- 9WikidataTadao Kashio: award, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataCasio, Founder