Kazuo Hirai stepping down as President of Sony
Source:Sony has a rich history, full of UPS and downs. But, whatever it was, it is difficult to overestimate its contribution to the development of consumer electronics, various gadgets, and the gaming industry. Today few people have not heard about the gaming consoles PlayStation family, or a wonderful camcorder, or a camera designed by engineers of this Japanese company. Kazuo Hirai has led Sony in this difficult time, at the peak of the crisis, when profits tend to zero, and the company's stock quickly fell down. Since 2012, he has done an incredible job, restoring Sony to its former greatness, but as it became known today, he plans to leave the post of President in April of this year.
Kazuo Hirai got a job working at CBS Sony Records in 1984. Then he was engaged in the marketing of foreign music in Japan, and then was promoted to head of international cooperation division of Sony. In this he was helped by the fact that his father Kazuo was a banker who took her son to the USA where he studied among English-speaking children and imbued Western culture, in parallel with the study of language. Later, Hirai was transferred to the American office of the company, and now he helped to make Japanese music artists popular among Americans.
In 1995, Kazuo Hirai was transferred to Sony Computer Entertainment America — the division responsible for the promotion and support of game consoles. Already four years later he led it as operational Director, and by 2003, became its CEO. Under the able leadership of this man on the PlayStation 2, gained a crazy popularity among users. Is "KAZ" (Kazuo called colleagues) was responsible in 2006 for the preparation of the release of PlayStation 3, which, unfortunately, started with some serious problems.
It is No exaggeration to say that through perseverance and leadership talents Hirai division, responsible for the production and support consoles family , today is thriving and brings the company a solid profit. He succeeded the previous President Howard Stringer, KAZ Hirai decided to take extreme measures to save a dying Sony from oblivion. He had to sell a large number of real estate companies to close several unprofitable studios and offices. At some point he even twice cut wages of senior management, including himself. But it eventually had an effect, and Sony is slowly but surely climbed out of the pit.
"the closer the company to the crucial moment, when we proceed to the implementation of the new corporate plan, I believe that now is the perfect time to transfer leadership to the new leadership, to Sony boldly stepped into the future, and so I was able to start a new Chapter in his life" — said Kazuo Hirai in an official address to the press.
Kazuo Hirai has announced that he will leave the post of President of the company on 1 April 2018. His position is Kenichiro Yoshida, who served the company as chief financial officer since 2013. Hirai worked shoulder to shoulder with Asideu for several years, so I decided that he could trust to lead his company. Hirai himself for good company will not leave and will likely become Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sony. We wish him success in his new position and hope he will be able to have a good rest after all that was done for Sony in the difficult years of the crisis.
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