Akio Morita

E42440
businessperson company founder entrepreneur human

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Akio Morita canonical 9
盛田昭夫 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
company founder ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal ⓘ
surface form: Albert Medal

Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
coFounded Sony ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-01-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-10-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Osaka Imperial University ⓘ
Osaka University ⓘ
employer Sony ⓘ
familyName Morita ⓘ
fieldOfStudy physics ⓘ
genre business literature ⓘ
givenName Akio ⓘ
influenced consumer electronics industry ⓘ
global marketing practices ⓘ
knownFor co-founding Sony ⓘ
global expansion of Sony ⓘ
leadership in consumer electronics industry ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
memberOf Trilateral Commission ⓘ
name Akio Morita self-link ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
nativeName Akio Morita self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 盛田昭夫
notableIdea global brand strategy for Sony ⓘ
notableWork Made in Japan ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aichi Prefecture ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Nagoya ⓘ
placeOfDeath Japan ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Sony ⓘ
chief executive officer of Sony ⓘ
president of Sony ⓘ
residence Tokyo ⓘ
servedIn Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Yoshiko Morita ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sony → foundedBy → Akio Morita ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → foundedBy → Akio Morita ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → hasFounder → Akio Morita ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → associatedPerson → Akio Morita ⓘ
Akio Morita → name → Akio Morita self-link ⓘ
Akio Morita → nativeName → Akio Morita self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 盛田昭夫
Masaru Ibuka → associatedWith → Akio Morita ⓘ
Masaru Ibuka → businessPartner → Akio Morita ⓘ
Morita → hasNotableBearer → Akio Morita ⓘ
Yoshiko Morita → spouse → Akio Morita ⓘ
井深大 → notableStudentOrProtégé → Akio Morita ⓘ
this entity surface form: 盛田昭夫
井深大 → businessPartner → Akio Morita ⓘ
this entity surface form: 盛田昭夫