Atsutoshi Nishida was a Japanese business executive.
10 Facts About Atsutoshi Nishida
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Atsutoshi Nishida married an Iranian woman shortly after concluding his studies in 1970.
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Atsutoshi Nishida was still based in Iran when he was first hired by Toshiba in 1975.
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Atsutoshi Nishida pushed Toshiba to invest in and develop laptop computers in the 1980s, and by 1984 was named a general manager, responsible for personal computer sales at Toshiba Europe.
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The next year, Atsutoshi Nishida's efforts resulted in the release of the Toshiba T1100.
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Atsutoshi Nishida later returned to Japan and assumed increasing responsibility over Toshiba's laptop division.
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Atsutoshi Nishida was named president of Toshiba America Information Systems in April 1992, and left the post in 1995, only to return in 1997.
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Atsutoshi Nishida was succeeded by Norio Sasaki as president of Toshiba in 2009.
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Atsutoshi Nishida became company chairman, a role he held until 2013.
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Atsutoshi Nishida died of a heart attack at Toshiba General Hospital in Tokyo on 8 December 2017, aged 73.