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Norio
Ohga |
Developments
at Sony |
1930
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Born
in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (Jan. 29)
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1953
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Graduated
from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
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Becomes
Consultant and Advisor to Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K.
(present Sony) |
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Enters
Hochschule fur Musik in Munich (October) |
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1955
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Transfers
to Berlin University of the Arts |
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1957
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Graduates
from Berlin University of the Arts |
Sony
markets world's smallest transistor radio, TR-63 (March)
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1959
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Enters
Sony (September) |
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1964
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Director,
Sony Corp. Manager, Product Planning Division |
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1968
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Senior
Managing Director, CBS/Sony Records (March) |
CBS/Sony
Records (Joint venture between CBS and Sony) established
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1970
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President
and Representative Director CBS/Sony Records (April)
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Sony
shares listed on the NYSE (September) |
1972
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Managing
Director, Sony Corp. (June) |
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1974
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Senior
Managing Director, Sony Corp. |
Color
TV assembly plant established at Bridgend, Wales,
UK |
1976
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Executive
Deputy President, Sony Corp. |
Akio
Morita becomes Chairman and Kazuo Iwama President
of Sony Corp. |
1976
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President,
Sony Shoji Corp. (January) |
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1982
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President
and Chief Operating Officer of Sony Corp. (Sept.)
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Sony
markets "CDP-101"CD Player (October) |
1985
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Sony
markets 8mm camcorder, CCD-V8 (Jan) |
1986
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Sony
Europe GMBH established in Germany (November) |
1988
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Chairman,
Sony USA Inc. (March) Receives Medal of Honor with
Blue Ribbon |
Sony
acquires CBS Records (January) |
1989
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Vice
Chairman, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Feb)
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Sony
markets compact 8mm camcorder, CCD-TR55 (June) |
President
and CEO, Sony Corp. (June) |
Sony
acquires Columbia Pictures (November) |
1992
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Sony
markets MiniDisc (MD) system (November) |
1993
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Sony
Computer Entertainment etablished (November) |
1994
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Receives
Commander's Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic
of Germany |
Business
Unit system abolished, Company system introduced (Apr)
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1995
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Chairman
and CEO, Sony Corp. |
Nobuyuki
Idei appointed as next President of Sony Corp. |
Chairman,
Electronic Industries Association of Japan (May) |
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1996
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Officier
dans l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur, France
(Dec.) |
Sony
50th anniversary (May) |
1997
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Corporate
Executive Officer system introduced (June) |
1998
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Vice
Chairman, Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic
Organizations) |
Nobuyuki
Idei becomes Co-CEO (May) |
1999
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President,
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (April) |
Nobuyuki
Idei becomes CEO (June) |
Akio
Morita dies (October) |
2000
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Chairman
of the Board, Sony Corp. June) |
Nobuyuki
Idei appointed next Chairman/CEO of Sony Corp. (Apr)
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Kunitake
Ando appointed as President and COO of Sony Corp.
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