Annual Report 2023
TL;DR
4,000 autonomous micro-enterprises, zero middle managers, $36B revenue—the world's largest distributed organizational experiment.
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Primary source documenting the world's largest experiment in distributed organizational architecture. Demonstrates that enterprises can scale to $36B revenue without traditional hierarchy. Central to the book's treatment of how biological distributed processing principles apply to organizational design.
Key Findings from Group (2023)
- ¥261 billion (~$36B) revenue in 2023
- ~4,000 autonomous micro-enterprises operating as internal startups
- 30.6% compound profit growth rate over the decade
- 100+ micro-enterprises generating >¥100M revenue each
- ¥10 billion invested in R&D for smart appliance advancement
- Full P&L responsibility at micro-enterprise level with internal markets