Norio Ōga
Norio Ōga ( Japanese 大 賀 典 雄 , Ōga Norio ; born January 29, 1930 in Numazu , Shizuoka Prefecture ; † April 23, 2011 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese businessman.
music
After studying, he graduated in 1953 from Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku , Tokyo University of the Arts. In addition, he took the subjects of conducting , composition , harmony and counterpoint . Norio Ōga was u. a. enrolled at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. In 1955 he went to the Berlin University of the Arts . In 1957 he graduated there. In 1999 he accepted a call from the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra as President.
Sony careers
Ōga applied to what was then Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo KK, the predecessor of Sony , in 1953 and became a consultant. In 1959 he joined Sony as a permanent employee.
He was dissatisfied with the poor quality of tape recorders. Legend has it that he wanted his wife to have a minimum running time of 74 minutes when developing the CD , so that the CD could record a recording of Beethoven's 9th Symphony , conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler , which his wife loved .
He was:
- 1964 director of the product planning department
- in March 1968 managing director of CBS / Sony Records
- President and Vice Director of CBS / Sony Records in April 1970
- in June 1972 managing director of Sony Corp.
- 1974 Managing Director of Sony Corp.
- 1976 Vice President, Sony Corp.,
- the year in which Akio Morita Chairman and Kazuo Iwama President of Sony Corp. were.
- in January 1976 President of Sony Shoji Corp.
- President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Sony Corp. in September 1982 .
He became Chairman of Sony USA Inc. in March 1988.
In February 1989 he became Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and in June of the same year President and CEO of Sony Corp. In May of the same year, he was promoted to chair of the Electronic Industries Association of Japan.
The next year he brought Nobuyuki Idei into the company as president, making Ōga chairman of the board. This led to a comprehensive reorganization of the group. In December 1996 he became an officer in the Legion of Honor . In 1998 Idei became co-CEO with Ōga and in 1999 sole managing director. In 2000, Ōga was partially retired. He remained as chairman of the board while Idei became the company's CEO. On his 73rd birthday, Ōga Norio resigned from the board and became honorary chairman.
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit (May 26, 1994)
- Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star (September 13, 2001)
Web links
- Ex-Sony boss Norio Ohga is dead ( RP Online )
- heise online - The "father of the CD" is dead
- Norio Ohga in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mr. Silberscheibe is dead in: Spiegel Online from April 24, 2011
- ↑ Personal details: Norio Ohga . In: Der Spiegel . No. 15 , 1993, p. 254 ( Online - Apr. 12, 1993 ).
- ↑ http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/200301/03-003E/
- ↑ http://www.tokyo-cci.or.jp/english/
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/norio-ohga
- ↑ a b Federal President's Office
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ōga, Norio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 大 賀 典 雄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Numazu |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 2011 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |