Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and group chief executive officer of Sony Corporation until 7 March 2005.
15 Facts About Nobuyuki Idei
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Nobuyuki Idei was a director of General Motors, Baidu, Yoshimoto Kogyo and Nestle.
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Nobuyuki Idei's father was a professor of economics at Waseda University, a private university in Tokyo.
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Nobuyuki Idei started as a trainee working with the co-founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka and rose through the ranks as a marketing specialist.
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Nobuyuki Idei left Sony and enrolled in a PhD program at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, but he did not obtain the degree.
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Nobuyuki Idei's sweeping reorganizations of the company included trimming the board of directors from 38 members dominated by company management to 10 with a substantial presence of outsiders.
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Already perceived as the company's driving force, Nobuyuki Idei was formally named co-CEO in 1998 and sole CEO in 1999.
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In 2000, while Ohga remained chairman of the board, Nobuyuki Idei became executive chairman and Kunitake Ando became president.
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In 2003, on Ohga's retirement, Nobuyuki Idei became the sole chairman, and the title of chief executive officer was altered to group chief executive officer.
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On 7 March 2005, it was announced that Nobuyuki Idei would be succeeded on 22 June by Sir Howard Stringer.
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On 28 September 2011, Nobuyuki Idei joined the board of directors of Lenovo.
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Nobuyuki Idei founded his own consulting firm Quantum Leaps Corporation on his retirement from Sony.
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Nobuyuki Idei was on the board of companies including General Motors and Baidu.
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On 5 February 2015, Nobuyuki Idei retired from Accenture's board of directors.
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Nobuyuki Idei died on 2 June 2022 from liver failure.