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Akio Morita

1921 - 1999

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Akio Morita (盛田 昭夫, Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999) was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akio Morita has received more than 951,928 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Akio Morita is the 82nd most popular businessperson (down from 79th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Japan (down from 116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Businessperson.

Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and the co-founder of Sony. He is most famous for his work with Sony and his contributions to the development of the transistor radio, transistor television, and the Walkman.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Akio Morita ranks 82 out of 847. Before him are Robert McNamara, Kris Jenner, Louis Vuitton, Adnan Khashoggi, Mercédès Jellinek, and Mark Zuckerberg. After him are Benjamin Guggenheim, Brian Epstein, Estée Lauder, Torakusu Yamaha, Li Ka-shing, and Flavio Briatore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Akio Morita ranks 39. Before him are Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Marija Gimbutas, Lotfi A. Zadeh, and Yoichiro Nambu. After him are Edgar Morin, Alida Valli, Aaron T. Beck, Kurt Knispel, Dobrica Ćosić, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1999, Akio Morita ranks 24. Before him are Raisa Gorbacheva, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Jerzy Grotowski, Joe DiMaggio, Julius Nyerere, and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani. After him are Glenn T. Seaborg, Trygve Haavelmo, Henry Way Kendall, Iris Murdoch, Desmond Llewelyn, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akio Morita ranks 121 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Nintoku (290), Emperor Reigen (1654), Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), and Emperor Kōan (-427). After him are Empress Kōjun (1903), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), and Eisaku Satō (1901).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Akio Morita ranks 3. Before him are Soichiro Honda (1906), and Kiichiro Toyoda (1894). After him are Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Masayoshi Son (1957), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), and Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858).

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