Masaru Ibuka
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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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| instanceOf |
business executive
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company founder → electronics engineer → entrepreneur → human → |
| associatedWith |
Akio Morita
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| awardReceived |
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
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IEEE Founders Medal → Order of Culture (Japan) → |
| businessPartner |
Akio Morita
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| causeOfDeath |
heart failure
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| coFounded |
Sony Corporation
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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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| dateOfBirth |
1908-04-11
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| dateOfDeath |
1997-12-19
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| educatedAt |
Waseda University
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| employer |
Sony Corporation
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| era |
Shōwa period
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| familyName |
Ibuka
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| fieldOfWork |
business management
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consumer electronics → electronics engineering → |
| founded |
Ibuka Laboratory
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| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Masaru
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| industry |
audio equipment
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consumer electronics → television manufacturing → |
| knownFor |
co-founding Sony Corporation
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leadership in Japan’s postwar electronics industry → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Japanese
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| memberOf |
Science Council of Japan
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| name |
Masaru Ibuka
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| nationality |
Japanese
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| nativeName |
井深大
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| notableIdea |
emphasis on miniaturization in consumer electronics
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focus on quality and innovation in Japanese manufacturing → |
| notablePublication |
Kindergarten Is Too Late
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| notableWork |
development of consumer tape recorders at Sony
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development of transistor radios at Sony → pioneering Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry → |
| placeOfBirth |
Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan
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| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
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| positionHeld |
chairman of Sony Corporation
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president of Sony Corporation → |
| residence |
Tokyo, Japan
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| workLocation |
Tokyo, Japan
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Referenced by (5)
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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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Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
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Waseda University
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hasNotableAlumni |