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Akio Morita
Akio Morita was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.
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business · Japanese entrepreneur (1921–1999) · businessperson · engineer · physicist · supervisor · also Akio Morita, Morita
Born 26 January 1921 · Died 3 October 1999 · Q310845
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2021· 1 entry
2017· 1 entry
Published “Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,678 times.
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2013· 2 entries
Published “Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells” in Nature — cited 4,997 times.
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Published “Treg induction by a rationally selected mixture of Clostridia strains from the human microbiota” in Nature — cited 2,605 times.
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2011· 1 entry
southcoasttoday: Akio Morita, Sony Corp. co-founder, dead at 78
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2010· 2 entries
Published “Gefitinib or Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Mutated EGFR” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 4,574 times.
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Published “Gefitinib versus cisplatin plus docetaxel in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (WJTOG3405): an open label, randomised phase 3 trial” in The Lancet Oncology — cited 3,273 times.
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2003· 2 entries
Anaheim University's Graduate School of Business was renamed the Akio Morita School of Business in his honor
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Published “Geant4—a simulation toolkit” in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment — cited 21,347 times.
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1999· 3 entries
Morita died of pneumonia at the age of 78 in a Tokyo hospital, where he had been admitted since August 1999
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Died 1999-10-03.
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“Se puede ser totalmente racional como una máquina, pero si usted trabaja con gente, a veces la lógica tiene que ir en el asiento trasero y dejar adelante a la comprensión.”
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1998).
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Was the only Asian person on Time magazine's list of the 20 most influential business people of the 20th century as part of their Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Saint George's Cross (1996).
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1994· 1 entry
Won IEEE Founders Medal (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
While playing tennis and on November 25, 1994, stepped down as Sony chairman to be succeeded by Ohga
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1992· 1 entry
And the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993
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1991· 1 entry
Was awarded the First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Emperor of Japan
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment (Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and others)
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1986· 1 entry
Morita wrote an autobiography titled Made in Japan
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1984· 1 entry
Sony launched the Discman series, which extended their Walkman brand to portable CD products
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1982· 1 entry
Won Albert Medal (1982).
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1979· 1 entry
The Walkman was introduced, making it one of the world's first portable music players and in 1982, Sony launched the world's first compact disc player, the Sony CDP-101, with a compact disc (CD) itself, a new data storag
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1976· 1 entry
And Morita was named chairman of the company
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1975· 1 entry
Sony released the first Betamax home videocassette recorder, a year before the VHS format came out
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1972· 1 entry
Morita received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1971· 1 entry
Taking over from Ibuka who had served from 1950 to 1971
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1966· 1 entry
Morita wrote a book called Gakureki Muyō Ron (学歴無用論, Never Mind School Records), where he stresses that school records are not important to success or one's business skills
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1961· 1 entry
Sony Corporation was the first Japanese company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in the form of American depositary receipts (ADRs)
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1957· 1 entry
The company produced a pocket-sized radio (the first to be fully transistorized), and in 1958, Morita and Ibuka decided to rename their company Sony (derived from "sonus"—Latin for "sound"—and "sonny", a then-common Amer
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1949· 1 entry
The company developed magnetic recording tape and, in 1950, sold the first tape recorder in Japan
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1946· 1 entry
With about 20 employees and initial capital of ¥190,000
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1944· 1 entry
Graduated from Osaka Imperial University with a degree in physics
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-01-26.
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