Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Overview

Date Founded

1955

Headquarters

3-7-17 Minamigata, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-0807, JPN

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

20.4K

Industries

Schools & Student Services
Consumer Services

Company Description

Benesse Holdings, Inc. operates as a a holding company which provides the overall management strategy formulation and management oversight and others. It operates through the following segments: Domestic Education, Domestic English Education, Overseas Business Development, Nursing Care and Childcare, Benesse USA, and Others. The Domestic Education segment offers correspondence courses and teacher support services as well as operates cram and preparatory schools. The Domestic English Education segment handles the English classes for children and interpretation and translation business. The Overseas Business Development segment provides preschool courses for students in China and Taiwan. The Nursing Care and Childcare segment operates nursing homes for the elderly and provides residential care, nursing care personnel training, staff placement, and personnel dispatch services. The Benesse USA segment covers global human resources training and English language education overseas. The Others segment includes telemarketing, computer information processing, and systems development and sales businesses. It also handles nursery and school children management business. The company was founded on January 28, 1955 and is headquartered in Okayama, Japan.

Website

http://www.benesse-hd.co.jp

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Executives & Employees

Tamotsu Adachi

President & Chief Executive Officer

Shinya Takiyama

Senior Executive Officer, Manager of Nursing Care & Childcare Company, President of Subsidiary, Director

Masaki Yamasaki

Director

Haruna Okada

Director

Hitoshi Kobayashi

Executive Vice President

Naoto Saito

General Manager-Business Administration

Yoshinori Matsumoto

Corporate Executive Vice President

Kimie Sakuragi

Auditor

Kenji Yamagawa

Senior Executive Officer

Kazunari Matoba

Executive Officer, Deputy Manager-Area & Classroom

Board of Directors

Shinjiro Iwata

Former Senior Managing Executive Officer at Hitachi Ltd.

Kenichi Fukuhara

Chairman at Berlitz Corp.

Katsumi Ihara

Former Chairman at Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

Ryuji Yasuda

Adjunct Professor, International Business Strategy at Hitotsubashi University - Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

Hitoshi Kobayashi

President & Representative Director at Benesse Corp.

Shinya Takiyama

Senior Executive Officer, Manager of Nursing Care & Childcare Company, President of Subsidiary, Director at Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Hideaki Fukutake

Former President-Nursing Care & Medical Care at SMS Co., Ltd.

Kiyoyuki Tsujimura

Former President at NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

Mark W. Harris

President & Chief Executive Officer at Berlitz Corp.

Masaki Yamasaki

President & Representative Director at Classi Corp.

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Recent Transactions

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Benesse Holdings, Inc., Classi Corp. purchase EDUCOM KK

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Benesse Holdings, Inc. purchases Classi Corp. from SoftBank Corp.

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Benesse Holdings, Inc. purchases Gngn, Inc.

Transaction Advisors

Accountant

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc.

Advised onBenesse Holdings, Inc. purchases Tokyo Individualized Educational Institute, Inc.

Investment Advisor

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Advised onBenesse Holdings, Inc. purchases UP, Inc.

Legal Advisor

Coudert Brothers LLP

Advised onBenesse Holdings International, Inc., Benesse Holdings, Inc. purchase Berlitz Corp.

Advisors & Consultants

Advisor

Soichiro Fukutake

Director at efu Investment Ltd.

Clients

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Key Stats and Financials As of 2019

Market Capitalization

$301B

Total Enterprise Value

$259B

Earnings Per Share

$50.89

Revenue

$439B

Net Profit

$4.9B

EBITDA

$36.3B

EBITDAMargin

8.25%

Total Debt

$121B

Total Equity

$175B

Enterprise Value Sales

0.59x

Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating

7.15x

TEVNet Income

52.85x

Debt TEV

0.47x

Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

-0.36%

Five Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

-1.18%

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