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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
company founder
entrepreneur
human
awardReceived Albert Medal
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 NERFINISHED
Osaka University NERFINISHED
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
nationality Japanese
nativeName 盛田昭夫
notableIdea global brand strategy for Sony
notableWork Made in Japan
occupation business executive
industrialist
placeOfBirth Aichi Prefecture NERFINISHED
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


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