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Akio Morita

@akiomorita

Japanese businessman (1921-1999)

Building Sony Corporation of America as Founder · Japan

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Lived
1921–1999
Educated at
University of Osaka

About

Akio Morita (1921–1999) was an engineer and physicist. They were born in Nagoya. They studied at University of Osaka.

In context

Sony Corporation of America was founded in 1960 and has no closure on record. Among the 7 other electronics industry companies founded in the 1960s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 40 years.

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