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  1. Oct 11, 1999 · On May 7, 1946, Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp.), which later became Sony Corp. in 1958. At the time, Ibuka was 38 years old and Morita was 25. Their partnership fostered what was to become one of the most successful companies of the 20th century.

  2. Oct 3, 1999 · Before that he was the junior partner to Masaru Ibuka, an engineering genius who, while not as widely known in the West, is considered in Japan to be the main founder of Sony. Mr. Ibuka died in ...

  3. Biography: Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Sony Corporation, one of the world's leading technology and entertainment companies. Alongside his business partner Akio Morita , Ibuka played a pivotal role in the development of innovative consumer electronics products that revolutionized the industry ...

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  5. Oct 3, 1999 · Funeral arrangements were pending. Akio Morita, the son of a sake brewer who built Sony Corp. into one of the most powerful brand names in the world, died today of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital...

  6. Oct 2, 2005 · Masaru Ibuka, who guided Sony Corp.'s rise from a humble radio shop to a world electronics leader and helped change global perceptions of Japanese manufacturers in the process, died of heart ...

  7. Dec 20, 1997 · Masaru Ibuka, a low-key engineer who co-founded one of Japan's greatest postwar successes, the Sony Corporation, died yesterday at his home in Tokyo. Mr. Ibuka, who was 89, died from heart...

  8. Dec 22, 1997 · Masaru Ibuka, electronics engineer and industrialist: born Nikko, Japan 11 April 1908; founder, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (later Sony Corporation) 1946, president 1950-71, chairman 1971-76,...

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