Konosuke Matsushita

1894 – 1989Born in Wakayama

Dropout elementary schoolApprenticeship of hibachi shopSee a streetcar → Long for electric industry

↑Two way cluster

→Main products of

Matsushita Electric in 1929

During WWIIProduce war suppliesDemanded to make wooden shipManufacture an experimental bomber → failure

After WWIIConsidered as restricted concern by GHQPunished as a war cooperator

Kaminarimon’s lantern in Asakusa

A plate of“Matsushita Electric Industrial”

Contribute Konosuke’s pocket money

Become billionare Build 100 billion yen through his life

“If you could have a wish come true, what would it be?” ― “I want to try again since I was 20 years old. I would make a fortune as many as I have built.”

PHP Institute PHP = Peace and Happiness through Prosperity

The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management Produce many politicians, managers, professors, media representatives, and so on