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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.
Oct 2, 2005 · He was 89. Mr. Ibuka was a founder with Akio Morita and others of a company that later took the name Sony. Its success became an emblem of Japan's rise from the ashes of World War II. "Mr. Ibuka ...
Sony was founded by a former naval lieutenant named Akio Morita and a defense contractor named Masaru Ibuka. Morita, a weapons researcher, first met Ibuka during World War II while developing a heat-seeking missile-guidance system and a night-vision gun scope. After the war Ibuka worked as a radio repairman for a bomb-damaged Tokyo department ...
Ibuka was born in Nikko, Japan, on April 11, 1908. He graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo in 1933 with a degree in engineering. Ibuka was a defense contractor during World War II, designing heat-seeking missiles for the Japanese army. In that capacity he met Morita Akio, a fellow defense engineer and applied sciences instructor.
When it went on sale in May 1960, the TV8-301 8-inch portable transistor TV launched Sony's TV business. As it happened, a group of market researchers representing US TV manufacturers visited Japan when the transistor TV was under development. Ibuka asked them whether they thought small TVs would sell or not. To a man, they said they would fail.
Oct 1, 1986 · Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura. 4.08. 4,332 ratings238 reviews. The chairman of the Sony Corporation discusses the rise of Sony, his extraordinary career as a businessman, and his views on the United States, Japan, and the world economy. Genres Business Biography Nonfiction Japan Autobiography History Management.
Oct 2, 1999 · Founding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SONY) On May 7, 1946, Ibuka founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, the forerunner of Sony Corporation) with about 20 employees and initial capital of ¥190,000. Ibuka was 38 years old. Morita, 25 years old joined Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki ...
