Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Overview

Date Founded

1955

Headquarters

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

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

20.7K

Industries

Schools & Student Services
Consumer Services

Company Description

Benesse Holdings, Inc. operates as a a holding company which provides the overall group management strategy formulation and management oversight. 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 in overseas. The Others segment includes telemarketing, computer information processing, system 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

In The News

Silicon Valley Business News

February 19, 2020

The Funded: Founders Fund raises $3B and 11 startups score over $260M

Business Wire

February 19, 2020

Udemy Secures $50 Million Investment from Long-time Partner, Benesse Holdings; Total Funding Raised by Largest Global Education Marketplace Exceeds $200 Million

PR Newswire

February 12, 2020

Most Sustainable Companies In The World Honored At 2019 SEAL Sustainability Awards

The New York Times

November 12, 2019

On an Art Scavenger Hunt in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea

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Executives & Employees

Tamotsu Adachi

President & Chief Executive Officer

Hitoshi Kobayashi

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Shinya Takiyama

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

Masaki Yamasaki

Director

Haruna Okada

Director

Yoshinori Matsumoto

Corporate Executive Vice President

Naoto Saito

Auditor

Kenji Yamagawa

Senior Executive Officer

Kazunari Matoba

Executive Officer, Assistant Manager of Area & Classroom Company

Kotaro Ueda

Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Daisuke Iwase

Managing Partner at Spiral Capital LLP

Tamotsu Adachi

President & Chief Executive Officer at Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Ryuji Yasuda

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

Katsumi Ihara

Former Executive Deputy President Corporate Executive at Sony Corp.

Mutsuo Iwai

Former Chief Strategy Officer at Japan Tobacco, Inc.

Masaki Yamasaki

Director at Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Haruna Okada

Director at Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Shinya Takiyama

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

Hideaki Fukutake

Vice Chairman at Fukutake Foundation

Mark W. Harris

President & Chief Executive Officer at Berlitz Corp.

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BNPP AM-Japan is an active, research-oriented investment manager which follows a growth investment style that focuses on exploiting market inefficiencies. They perform in-house research combining quantitative analysis with a qualitative overlay, aiming to identify undervalued stocks with growth potential. The investment process starts with a top-down evaluation of macro-economic conditions and market trends, followed by bottom-up stock-picking.

Recent Transactions

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Takara & Company Ltd. purchases Simul International, Inc. from Benesse Holdings, Inc.

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

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Transaction Advisors

Accountant

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services LLC

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 2020

Market Capitalization

$2.04B

Total Enterprise Value

$2.22B

Earnings Per Share

$0.6

Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

1.41%

EBITDAMargin

9.2%

Enterprise Value / Sales

0.53x

Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating

5.8x

TEVNet Income

38.07x

Debt TEV

0.52x

Revenue

$4.16B

Net Profit

$58.3M

Total Equity

$1.62B

Total Debt

$1.15B

EBITDA

$382M

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