• Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, Ōga Norio), otherwise spelled Norio Oga (January 29, 1930 – April 23, 2011), was the former president and chairman of Sony Corporation...
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    Pictures Entertainment (Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and others). Norio Ohga, who had joined the company in the 1950s after sending Morita a letter...
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  • physician and geneticist Norio Nishiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, 1930–2011), Japanese chief executive Norio Omura (小村 徳男, born 1969)...
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    as CBS/Sony Records and with Sony co-founder Akio Morita as president. Norio Ohga, who himself was a musician, was part of the management team from the...
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    stroke sidelined former chairman Akio Morita, Sony CEO and new chairman Norio Ohga selected Idei to be the next president, a choice that raised eyebrows...
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    "Philips Introduce Compact Disc" in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Sony executive Norio Ohga, later CEO and chairman of Sony, and Heitaro Nakajima were convinced of...
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    concluded. "The company's best days are behind it." Around that time, Norio Ohga took up the role of president. He encouraged the development of the compact...
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    "Philips Introduce Compact Disc" in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Sony executive Norio Ohga, later CEO and chairman of Sony, and Heitaro Nakajima were convinced of...
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    while traveling for business. He asked the executive deputy president Norio Ohga to design a playback-only stereo version optimized for walking. The metal-cased...
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    they discovered the project; though Kutaragi was nearly fired, then-CEO Norio Ohga intervened in support of the project and gave him permission to complete...
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