Kenichiro Yoshida (born 20 October 1959) is a Japanese businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Sony since April 2018 and chairman since June 2020, succeeding Kazuo Hirai, prior to which Yoshida was the company's chief financial officer.[1][2]
Kenichiro Yoshida | |
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吉田憲一郎 | |
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| Born | October 20, 1959 |
| Education | Tsurumaru High School |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman and CEO, Sony |
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Career
editYoshida 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
editYoshida 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
edit- ^ 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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