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  1. Dec 8, 2023 · The Early Days of Masaru Ibuka: Born in Japan in 1908, Masaru Ibuka displayed an early fascination with technology and its potential to improve lives. After completing his studies in engineering, he embarked on a journey that would transform the landscape of the electronics industry. Founding Sony Corporation: In 1946, together with his friend ...

  2. Nov 13, 2006 · Akio Morita & Masaru Ibuka. In 1944, a young officer in the Japanese Imperial Navy met a civilian radio engineer, 13 years his senior, on a task force to develop a heat-seeking missile. Within two years, World War II had ended, Japan was trying to rebuild its industrial base, and the two men were working together tinkering with radios and other ...

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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]

    • 2 daughters, 1 son
    • Co-founder of Sony
  5. 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 ...

  6. Mar 14, 2019 · The believer of hard work, Ibuka, is the biggest inspiration for not only the people of Japan but people from around the world. His dedication and hard work gave new means to the global electronics industry. Early Life. Ibuka was born on 11 April 1908, in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He was a studious kid at school and loved performing ...

  7. Mar 19, 2023 · After the war he founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo in May 1946, the predecessor of Sony, with others including Akio Morita, a naval engineer he had met around 1940. Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo changed its name to Sony in January 1958, and Ibuka served as president of the company from November 1950, becoming chairman in June 1971. He passed away in December 1997.

  8. Feb 4, 2016 · Biography. Masaru Ibuka was born in the city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on April 11, 1908. He was a very inquisitive child who was fond of experimenting. One of the earliest short-wave hams in Japan; his calls have been logged in overseas records back in the days of 1926. He graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, with the B.S ...