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Chairman, group chief executive officer and representative corporate executive officer, Sony Corporation

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: November 22, 1937, in Tokyo, Japan.

Education: Waseda University, BA, 1960.

Family: Father was international economics professor at Waseda University; married Teruyo; children: one.

Career: Sony Corporation, 1960–1962, invoice preparer; 1964–1968, manager, Sony's Swiss operations; 1968–1972, established and led Sony France S.A.; 1972–1979, manager, Europe Section, International Division;...