Kenichiro Yoshida
Kenichiro Yoshida | |
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吉田憲一郎 | |
Born | (1959-10-20) October 20, 1959 (age 64) |
Education | Tsurumaru High School |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
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Kenichiro Yoshida (born 20 October 1959) is a Japanese businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Sony[1] since April 2018,[2] succeeding Kazuo Hirai, prior to which Yoshida was the company's chief financial officer.
Career
Yoshida was born in Kumamoto in 1959, where his father, a court judge, was posted at the time.[3] Immediately after graduating from the University of Tokyo with a B.A. in economics in 1983, Yoshida joined Sony, and worked across the company's subsidiaries in the US and Japan.[1]
In the year 2000, he worked for Sony subsidiary So-net, which he took public in 2005. He rejoined Sony in 2013 as deputy chief financial officer and was promoted to chief financial officer the following year.[1] In his role as CFO, he was credited with pushing the company through an extensive restructuring which turned around Sony's losses from consumer electronics.[4][1][5][6]
Personal Life
Yoshida has an autistic son and makes it a point to spend at least one entire day a week with him. He has been active in raising awareness about autism.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Inagaki, Kana (2 February 2018). "Sony names Kenichiro Yoshida as new chief". Financial Times.
- ^ Blair, Gavin J. (21 May 2018). "New Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida Outlines Shift Towards Content". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ a b "Interview with Kenichiro Yoshida, CEO of Sony". インターネットイニシアティブ-IIJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Inagaki, Kana; Barber, Lionel (8 October 2018). "Sony chief vows recovery is no false dawn". Financial Times.
- ^ Nakamura, Yuji (2 February 2018). "Sony promotes Kenichiro Yoshida to CEO, Kazuo Hirai to take over as chairman". mint.
- ^ Auto, Hermes. "Can new Sony CEO make the company hip again? | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
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