Kintetsu Group Holdings Explained

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
Native Name:近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社
Native Name Lang:ja
Romanized Name:Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaisha
Former Name:Kintetsu Corporation
Type:Public KK
Traded As:
    Industry:Ground Transport
    Genre:Passenger Transportation
    Successors:-->
    Founded: in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
    Founder:
    • Mataichirō Kanamori (for the Osaka Electric Tramway Co. branch)
    • Kiyochika Iwashita (for the Osaka Electric Tramway Co. branch)
    • Isamu Saeki (former CEO of Kintetsu Railway)
    Hq Location:6-1-55, Uehonmachi, Tennoji-ku
    Hq Location City:Osaka
    Hq Location Country:Japan
    Num Locations:4 offices
    Services:Administration of Kintetsu Group
    Owners:-->
    Num Employees:29,048 [1]
    Num Employees Year:FY2015

    ,[2] referred to as,[3] is a Japanese railway holding company which primarily owns the Kintetsu Railway as well as Kintetsu World Express, Kintetsu Department Store, and its other 141 corporations, which are collectively known as Kintetsu Group.

    Its subsidiaries operates tourism, real estate, and shipping companies, and has a major rail car-building operation Kinki Sharyo which produces trains used in Japan, the United States, Egypt and Hong Kong.

    History

    , a passenger rail transit company in Kinki and Tokai regions, was founded after Kansai Express Railways merged with Nankai Railways on June 1, 1944. Kinki Nippon Railways changed its legal name in English to Kintetsu Corporation on June 28, 2003. On April 1, 2015, the corporation, was restructured into a holding company, splitting its railway, real estate, logistics and retail, and recreation service divisions. Kintetsu Corporation also changed the legal name to Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. on the same day.[4]

    Portfolio—subsidiaries

    Passenger Transportation

    Transportation and Logistics

    Retail

    Recreation Facilities and Services

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: http://www.kintetsu-g-hd.co.jp/ir/syouken/data/105kiyukashoken.pdf. ja:第105期有価証券報告書・内部統制報告書. Annual Securities Report and Internal Control Report for the 105th Term. Kintetsu Group Holdings. Japanese. May 13, 2016. August 6, 2016. July 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704145313/https://www.kintetsu-g-hd.co.jp/ir/syouken/data/105kiyukashoken.pdf. dead.
    2. Web site: 近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社. www.kintetsu-g-hd.co.jp. 2018-09-01.
    3. Web site: 近鉄グループホールディングス (近鉄GHD) 【9041】:関連ニュース、決算速報、適時開示 株探. kabutan.jp. ja. 2018-09-01.
    4. Web site: http://www.kintetsu-g-hd.co.jp/common-hd/data/pdf/140513kaisyabunkatsu.pdf. ja:純持株会社制移行に伴う会社分割に関するお知らせ. Kintetsu Corporation. August 1, 2016. Japanese. May 13, 2014.