Kao Corporation

OTCPK:KAOO.Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$20.6b

Kao Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Kao's CEO is Yoshihiro Hasebe, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 4.33 years. total yearly compensation is ¥297.00M, comprised of 29.3% salary and 70.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 3.88% of the company’s shares, worth $796.65M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 2.2 years respectively.

Key information

Yoshihiro Hasebe

Chief executive officer

JP¥297.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage29.3%
CEO tenure4.3yrs
CEO ownership3.9%
Management average tenure4.8yrs
Board average tenure2.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Yoshihiro Hasebe's remuneration changed compared to Kao's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025n/an/a

JP¥114b

Dec 31 2024JP¥297mJP¥87m

JP¥108b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥82b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥71b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥56b

Dec 31 2023JP¥141mJP¥87m

JP¥44b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥60b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥64b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥73b

Dec 31 2022JP¥147mJP¥87m

JP¥86b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥86b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥96b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

JP¥102b

Dec 31 2021JP¥139mJP¥82m

JP¥110b

Compensation vs Market: Yoshihiro's total compensation ($USD2.04M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.40M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Yoshihiro's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Yoshihiro Hasebe (64 yo)

4.3yrs

Tenure

JP¥297,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Yoshihiro Hasebe serves as President and Chief executive Officer at Kao Corporation since January 1, 2021 and served as its Senior Vice President of Global Research & Development since March 2015 until...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yoshihiro Hasebe
President4.3yrsJP¥297.00m3.88%
$ 796.7m
Masakazu Negoro
Senior Managing Executive Officerless than a yearJP¥128.00m2.67%
$ 548.8m
Toru Nishiguchi
Senior Mngng Exec Ofcr5.3yrsJP¥127.00m3.83%
$ 787.8m
Hideo Makino
Senior VP of Accounting & Finance and Executive Officer1.3yrsno datano data
Akiko Hasegawa
Executive Officer & Global Senior VP of Legalno datano datano data
Hideki Mamiya
Senior Executive Officer & Senior VP of Human Capital Developmentno datano datano data
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Senior Executive Officer & President of Kao (singapore) Private limitedno datano datano data
Satoru Tanaka
Managing Executive Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Planning7.3yrsno datano data
Hideaki Kubo
Managing Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Research & Development4.3yrsno datano data
Yoshihiro Murakami
Managing Executive Officer & Senior VP of Global Digital Strategy5.3yrsno datano data
Masaru Takeyasu
Executive Officerno datano datano data
Kotaro Nuriya
Senior Executive Officer and President of Global Consumer Products - Health & Beauty Care Business5.3yrsno datano data

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KAOO.Y's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yoshihiro Hasebe
President9.2yrsJP¥297.00m3.88%
$ 796.7m
Masakazu Negoro
Senior Managing Executive Officer2.2yrsJP¥128.00m2.67%
$ 548.8m
Toru Nishiguchi
Senior Mngng Exec Ofcr2.2yrsJP¥127.00m3.83%
$ 787.8m
Lisa MacCallum
Executive Fellow of Corporate Branding & Directorless than a yearno datano data
Osamu Shinobe
Independent Chairman7.2yrsno data0.67%
$ 137.2m
Makoto Takashima
Independent Outside Director1.2yrsno datano data
Takaaki Nishii
Independent Outside Director2.2yrsno data0.86%
$ 177.0m
Eriko Sakurai
Independent Outside Director3.2yrsno data0.11%
$ 22.1m
Yasushi Wada
Audit & Supervisory Board Member2.2yrsno data3.16%
$ 650.6m
Jalal Ramelan
ESG External Advisory Board Memberno datano datano data
Rika Sueyoshi
ESG External Advisory Board Memberno datano datano data
Helmut Schmitz
ESG External Advisory Board Memberno datano datano data

2.2yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KAOO.Y's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/11 03:25
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Kao Corporation is covered by 29 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mitsuko MiyasakoBarclays
James MoonBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Akiko KuwaharaBofA Global Research