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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Masaru_IbukaMasaru Ibuka - Wikipedia

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   Masaru Ibuka was born on April 11, 1908, as the first son of Tasuku Ibuka, an architectural technologist and a student of Inazo Nitobe. [4] His ancestral family were chief retainers of the Aizu Domain, and his relatives include Yae Ibuka and Ibuka Kajinosuke. Masaru lost his father at the age of two and was taken over by his grandfather. [5]

   • Children: 2 daughters, 1 son
   • Known for: Co-founder of Sony

   • Education: Waseda University
   • Nationality: Japanese

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Akio_MoritaAkio Morita - Wikipedia

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   Morita saw a newspaper article about Ibuka's new venture and, after some correspondence, chose to join him in Tokyo. With funding from Morita's father, they co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, the forerunner of Sony Corporation) in 1946 with about 20 employees and initial capital of ...

   • Children: 3
   • Education: Osaka University

   • Spouse: Yoshiko Kamei
   • Known for: Co-founder of Sony

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   Who was Masaru Ibuka?

   • Nobuyuki Idei, president of Sony, in a statement after Ibuka's death Masaru Ibuka could well be the person who turned Japan's electronics industry into what it is today. He was co-founder of a tiny recording company that grew into the giant Sony Corporation.

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   When did Ibuka die?

   • Ibuka died in Tokyo on December 19, 1997. “Mr. Ibuka has been at the heart of Sony's philosophy,” Sony president Nobuyuki Idea was quoted as saying in the New York Times. “He has sowed the seeds of the deep conviction that our products must bring joy and fun to users. Mr.

   Ibuka, Masaru | Encyclopedia.com

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   Why did Ibuka leave Sony?

   • Ibuka led Sony in directions that were unusual for a Japanese company at the time, as they tried to create more of their own products instead of simply modifying Western technology. In 1976, Ibuka stepped down as chairman of Sony, though he retained close connections with company as an advisor until he died of heart failure on December 19, 1997.

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   What did Ibuka do after WW2?

   • In 1945, after World War II, Ibuka left to start a radio repair shop in a bombed-out building in Tokyo. The next year he was joined by his colleague Akio Morita, and they founded a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K., which translates in English to Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation.

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5. www.civilopedia.net › gathering-storm › greatpeopleMasaru Ibuka - Great People - Civilopedia - Civilization VI

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   Masaru Ibuka was born in April 1908 AD in Nikko City, and grew into an inquisitive child fond of experimenting with electricity. He became one of the first ham radio operators in Japan, with his call-signs logged as early as 1926. In 1933 he graduated from Waseda University’s School of Science and Engineering and promptly joined the Photo ...

6. www.encyclopedia.com › history › encyclopediasIbuka, Masaru | Encyclopedia.com

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   Masaru Ibuka. As co-founder and longtime president of the Sony Corporation, Japanese executive Masaru Ibuka (1908-1997) conceived of and brought to fruition several of the most popular and fundamentally influential consumer electronics innovations of the twentieth century. The public face of Sony for decades was its chairman and marketing ...

7. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › localMASARU IBUKA, FOUNDER OF JAPAN'S SONY CORP., DIES AT 89

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   Dec 20, 1997 · Masaru Ibuka, 89, the founder of Sony Corp. who turned a radio repair shop into one of the world's electronics powerhouses, died of congestive heart failure here Dec. 19.

8. www.pbs.org › transistor › album1Masaru Ibuka - PBS

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   Ibuka was born in 1908 in Nikko City, Japan. He attended the School of Science and Engineering at Waseda University where he earned the nickname "genius inventor." When he graduated in 1933 he ...

9. www.tampabay.com › archive › 1997/12/20Masaru Ibuka, co-founder of Sony Corp., dies at 89

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   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 ...