Akio Morita
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Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony who played a key role in transforming it into a global electronics and entertainment giant.
Aliases (1)
- 盛田昭夫 ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
businessperson
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company founder → entrepreneur → human → |
| awardReceived |
Albert Medal
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Legion of Honour → Order of the Rising Sun → Order of the Sacred Treasure → |
| causeOfDeath |
pneumonia
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| coFounded |
Sony
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → |
| conflict |
World War II
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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| dateOfBirth |
1921-01-26
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| dateOfDeath |
1999-10-03
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| educatedAt |
Osaka Imperial University
NERFINISHED
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Osaka University NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
Sony
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| familyName |
Morita
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| fieldOfStudy |
physics
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| genre |
business literature
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| givenName |
Akio
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| influenced |
consumer electronics industry
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global marketing practices → |
| knownFor |
co-founding Sony
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global expansion of Sony → leadership in consumer electronics industry → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Japanese → |
| memberOf |
Trilateral Commission
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| name |
Akio Morita
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| nationality |
Japanese
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| nativeName |
盛田昭夫
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| notableIdea |
global brand strategy for Sony
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| notableWork |
Made in Japan
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| occupation |
business executive
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industrialist → |
| placeOfBirth |
Aichi Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Japan → Nagoya → |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
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Tokyo → |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Sony
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chief executive officer of Sony → president of Sony → |
| residence |
Tokyo
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| servedIn |
Imperial Japanese Navy
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| spouse |
Yoshiko Morita
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Sony
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → |
foundedBy |
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
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associatedPerson |
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Masaru Ibuka
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associatedWith |
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Masaru Ibuka
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businessPartner |
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
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hasFounder |
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Akio Morita
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name |
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Akio Morita
("盛田昭夫")
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nativeName |