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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 749,893 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Akio Morita is the 76th most popular businessperson (up from 80th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Japan (down from 105th 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

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Akio Morita ranks 76 out of 601. Before him are Boris Berezovsky, Kiichiro Toyoda, Estée Lauder, Lee Kun-hee, Paul Allen, and Liliane Bettencourt. After him are Louis Vuitton, Li Ka-shing, Adnan Khashoggi, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Larry Flynt, and Stanley Rous.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Akio Morita ranks 41. Before him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Lana Turner, Vasily Smyslov, Marija Gimbutas, Georges Brassens, and Dirk Bogarde. After him are Edgar Morin, Herschel Grynszpan, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, György Cziffra, Zdeněk Miler, and Nexhmije Hoxha. Among people deceased in 1999, Akio Morita ranks 23. Before him are Petr Shelokhonov, Willi Stoph, Desmond Llewelyn, Jerzy Grotowski, Joe DiMaggio, and Dirk Bogarde. After him are Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Sarah Knauss, Trygve Haavelmo, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and Julius Nyerere.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akio Morita ranks 116 out of 6,048. Before him are Kōbō Abe (1924), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Paulo Miki (1564), and Emperor Reigen (1654). After him are Emperor Momozono (1741), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Kūkai (774), Empress Kōjun (1903), Emperor Nintoku (290), and Emperor Kōrei (-341).

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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 Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Masayoshi Son (1957), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Tadashi Yanai (1949), and Norio Ohga (1930).

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