Masaharu Matsushita

Overview

Masaharu Matsushita 松下正治

birth date	September 17, 1912
birth place	Tokyo, Empire of Japan
alma mater	University of Tokyo
death date	July 16, 2012
death place	Osaka, Japan
known for	2nd President of Panasonic
father	Hirata Shodo
mother	Shizuko Hirata
relatives	Konosuke Matsushita (father-in-law)
spouse	Sachiko Matsushita
family	Hirata Tosuke (grandfather) Maeda Toshisada (uncle) Mitsui Takakimi 11th head of the Mitsui family (uncle) Yamagata Isaburō (great-uncle) Yamagata Aritomo (great-great-uncle)
children	Masayuki Matsushita Hiro Matsushita
occupation	Businessman, business executive
awards	Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1984 Order of the British Empire in 1997‡R1R‡

Sir Masaharu Matsushita (松下正治), was a Japanese businessman who served as the second President of Panasonic for sixteen years beginning in 1961.[2][3] He was the son-in-law of Panasonic's founder, Konosuke Matsushita.[2] Masaharu Matsushita has been credited with expanding Panasonic into a global brand during a time of high economic expansion in Japan.[3]

Biography

Matsushita was born Masaharu Hirata.[2] He was the second son of Count Eiji Hirata (1882–1971) who was a painter and a professor of Tokyo School of Fine Arts and Tatsu, the adopted daughter of Viscount Shinagawa Yajirō

Masaharu Matsushita

Biography

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Foreign honour

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