14 Facts About Kazuo Hirai

Kazuo Hirai is best known as the former chairman of Sony Corporation, serving from April 2018 to June 2019, as well as president and CEO from April 2012 to April 2018.

Kazuo Hirai served as a board member of Sony Computer Entertainment and chairman and co-CEO of Sony Entertainment.

Kazuo Hirai was noted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most powerful executives in the entertainment industry.

Kazuo Hirai led the Sony Computer Entertainment division between 2007 and 2012, and then became president and CEO of Sony in April 2012.

In 2018, Kazuo Hirai stepped down as president and CEO, becoming chairman of Sony Corporation.

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Kazuo Hirai fully retired from Sony in June 2019, otherwise remaining as a senior adviser to the company.

Between 1973 and 1976, Kazuo Hirai attended Valley Park Middle School in Toronto, Canada.

The son of a wealthy banker, Kazuo Hirai often traveled with his father across the world to California, New York, Canada and around Japan—a trait which Kazuo Hirai noted to be a major factor in his later multi-continental business success.

Kazuo Hirai eventually became head of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's international business affairs office in New York.

Kazuo Hirai was promoted to executive vice president-chief operations officer in July 1996.

Kazuo Hirai was appointed as corporate executive officer and executive vice president of Sony Corporation, concurrently serving as president of the NPSG.

Kazuo Hirai was speculated to become the successor to Howard Stringer, the current sitting president and CEO of Sony Corporation, who was then expected to step down in 2013.

Kazuo Hirai remained as the company's chairman and served on the board of directors to help the company transition to leadership under Yoshida.

Kazuo Hirai stated he was confident that Yoshida would be able to continue the leadership of Sony on his own.