Masaru Ibuka

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business executive company founder electronics engineer entrepreneur human

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.

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Masaru Ibuka canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business executive ⓘ
company founder ⓘ
electronics engineer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Akio Morita ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ
IEEE Founders Medal ⓘ
Order of Culture ⓘ
surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)
businessPartner Akio Morita ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
coFounded Sony ⓘ
surface form: Sony Corporation

Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K.
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-04-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-12-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Waseda University ⓘ
employer Sony ⓘ
surface form: Sony Corporation
era Showa era ⓘ
surface form: Shōwa period
familyName Ibuka ⓘ
fieldOfWork business management ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ
electronics engineering ⓘ
founded Ibuka Laboratory ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Masaru ⓘ
industry audio equipment ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ
television manufacturing ⓘ
knownFor co-founding Sony Corporation ⓘ
leadership in Japan’s postwar electronics industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese ⓘ
memberOf Science Council of Japan ⓘ
name Masaru Ibuka self-link ⓘ
nationality Japanese ⓘ
nativeName 井深大 ⓘ
notableIdea emphasis on miniaturization in consumer electronics ⓘ
focus on quality and innovation in Japanese manufacturing ⓘ
notablePublication Kindergarten Is Too Late ⓘ
notableWork development of consumer tape recorders at Sony ⓘ
development of transistor radios at Sony ⓘ
pioneering Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
positionHeld chairman of Sony Corporation ⓘ
president of Sony Corporation ⓘ
residence Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
workLocation Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan

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Sony → foundedBy → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
Waseda University → hasNotableAlumni → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → foundedBy → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → hasFounder → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo → associatedPerson → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award → namedAfter → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award → honors → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ
Masaru Ibuka → name → Masaru Ibuka self-link ⓘ
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award Committee → namedAfter → Masaru Ibuka ⓘ