Konosuke Matsushita

About the Author

Konosuke Matsushita (1894–1989) was a Japanese industrialist and the founder of Panasonic. Beyond building one of Japan’s largest electronics companies, he was a celebrated thinker on ethical capitalism and leadership philosophy. In 1946, he also founded the PHP Institute (Peace and Happiness through Prosperity) to promote social and moral reflection in postwar Japan. Because of his influence on modern Japanese business philosophy, in Japan, Matsushita is often referred to as “the god of management.”