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#TIL syarikat tertua didunia yg masih beroperasi sehingga skrg bermula pada taun 578 di Jepun. To put that in perspective, Nabi Muhammad lahir taun 570.
Kongō Gumi, syarikat pembinaan yg bermula di Osaka interestingly diasaskan oleh Shigemitsu Kongo, seorang imigran dari Korea.
Kongō Gumi, syarikat pembinaan yg bermula di Osaka interestingly diasaskan oleh Shigemitsu Kongo, seorang imigran dari Korea.
Zaman tu Buddhism baru nak betapak kt Jepun tp depa takdak org yg mahir utk bina temple & shrines. So, the royalty hire Kongo utk build a temple, Shitenno-ji yg dok lg smp skrg.
Dpd situ Kongo start bisnes bina temples around Jepun.
Dpd situ Kongo start bisnes bina temples around Jepun.
Sebab Kongō Gumi ni boleh tahan lama ialah depa join industri yg dibelakangi agama. So business sentiasa ada bila ada believer la kan?
The most significant building yg Kongō Gumi bina pulak ialah Osaka Castle. Siap bina taun 1583, 1005 taun lps Kongō Gumi diasaskan.
During WW2 disbb kan war, depa terpaksa ubah business model dpd construction to buat keranda coz you know...WW2.
Lps WW2, bnyk temples & shrines rosak so job depa still jalan mcm biasa.
Lps WW2, bnyk temples & shrines rosak so job depa still jalan mcm biasa.
Actually term syarikat plg lama beroperasi smp skrg tu sikit salah sbb depa stop operating as independent company in 2006 sbb bad economy, lps 1428 taun!
Sebelum takeover tu, depa ada 100 employees dgn revenue of about $70mil. Not bad la.
1 more thing, is that depa ni family led company & the last president of the company is the 50th Kongō.
And this is the current office now.
1 more thing, is that depa ni family led company & the last president of the company is the 50th Kongō.
And this is the current office now.
Interestingly jugak dlm 1 study utk find companies that are older than 200 years, 56% dpd 5000+ companies are from Japan.
FYI the oldest company in Malaysia is non other than Pos Malaya (Malaysia). Start taun 1800.
Nota kaki: gambar first tu maybe photo terawal yg ada dlm rekod utk Kongō Gumi diambil pada awal 20th century
Rekod tahun syarikat ini ditubuhkan dijumpai didalam skrol keluarga Kongō sepanjang 3 meter yg ditulis pada 17th century yg dpt depa trace back 40 generasi terdahulu.
Rekod tahun syarikat ini ditubuhkan dijumpai didalam skrol keluarga Kongō sepanjang 3 meter yg ditulis pada 17th century yg dpt depa trace back 40 generasi terdahulu.
