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Masaru Ibuka
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Masaru Ibuka, co-founder of Sony
Born April 11, 1908 (1908-04-11)
Nikkō City, Japan
Died December 19, 1997 (1997-12-20) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Education Waseda University
Known for Sony

Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru, April 11, 1908, Nikkō City, Japan – December 19, 1997, Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony.[1]

He graduated in 1933 from Waseda University. After graduating, he went to work at Photo-Chemical Laboratory, a company which processed movie film. In 1945, he left the company and founded a radio repair shop in Tokyo.

In 1946 Ibuka and Akio Morita co-founded Sony Corporation, originally named Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (prior to 1958). Ibuka was instrumental in securing the licensing of transistor technology to Sony from Bell Labs in the 1950s, thus making Sony one of the first companies to apply transistor technology to non-military uses. Ibuka served as president of Sony from 1950 to 1971, and then served as chairman of Sony between 1971 and 1976.

Death

Ibuka left Sony in 1976, but maintained close ties as an advisor until his death in 1997 from heart failure at the age of 89

Writing

Ibuka also authored the book Kindergarten is Too Late (1971), in which he claims that the most significant human learning occurs from birth to 3 years old and suggests ways and means to take advantage of this. The book's foreword was written by Glenn Doman, founder of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, an organization that teaches parents about child brain development. Ibuka and Doman agreed that the first years of life were vital for education.[2]

Awards and honors

Honors

Awards

References

External links

Preceded by
Tamon Maeda
President of Sony Corporation
1951-1971
Succeeded by
Akio Morita
Preceded by
Chairman of the Board of Sony Corporation
1971-1976
Succeeded by

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