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Howard Stringer

1942 - Today

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Sir Howard Stringer (born 19 February 1942) is a Welsh-American businessman. He had a 30-year career at CBS, culminating in him serving as the president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988, then president of CBS from 1988 to 1995. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation from 2005 to 2012. He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Stringer has received more than 352,224 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Stringer is the 558th most popular businessperson, the 4,094th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 41st most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Howard Stringer ranks 558 out of 847. Before him are Kaz Hirai, Herb Kohl, Stafford Beer, Christy Walton, Sherry Lansing, and Adam Silver. After him are Marcus Loew, Arkady Volozh, Bruce Buck, Jerry Yang, Tim O'Reilly, and Vijay Mallya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Howard Stringer ranks 530. Before him are Pavel Sadyrin, Dick Butkus, Peter Tork, Frew McMillan, Horst Wolter, and Graciela Iturbide. After him are Mario Chaldú, Edwin Starr, Casimir Oyé-Mba, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Jesús Glaría, and Hugo Simon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Stringer ranks 4,094 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Jay (1933), Richard Llewellyn (1906), John Martyn (1948), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), and James D'Arcy (1975). After him are Colin Hay (1953), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Henry Taylor (1932), Emily Blackwell (1826), and William Harrison Ainsworth (1805).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Howard Stringer ranks 41. Before him are Christopher O'Neill (1974), Isabella Beeton (1836), William McGregor (1846), David Richards (1952), George Williams (1821), and Stafford Beer (1926). After him are Anita Roddick (1942), Alan Sugar (1947), Daniel Levy (1962), Allan Williams (1930), Henry Tate (1819), and Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866).

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