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Kaz Hirai

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Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai (平井 一夫, Hirai Kazuo; born December 22, 1960) is a Japanese businessman. He is best known as the former chairman of Sony Corporation, serving from April 2018 to June 2019, as well as president and CEO from April 2012 to April 2018. He also served as a board member of Sony Computer Entertainment and chairman and co-CEO of Sony Entertainment. He was noted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most powerful executives in the entertainment industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaz Hirai is the 713th most popular businessperson (down from 551st in 2024), the 2,027th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,362nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Kaz Hirai ranks 713 out of 847. Before him are Paul Stoddart, Chris Hughes, John Peter Zenger, Samuel Brannan, Xu Rongmao, and Heather Mills. After him are Ian Livingstone, Wendi Deng Murdoch, A. H. Albut, Michael Durant, Horace Elgin Dodge, and Sumner Redstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kaz Hirai ranks 580. Before him are Miss Elizabeth, Jean-Philippe Durand, Teodora Ungureanu, Makoto Sugiyama, Rosario Fiorello, and Ioan Andone. After him are Kenny Garrett, Charles Ng, Henry Worsley, Aleksandr Uvarov, Bill Johnson, and Michel Faber.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 2,027 out of 6,245. Before him are Makoto Sugiyama (1960), Tsubasa Oshima (1983), Takahiro Kimura (1957), Tetsuya Abe (1983), Miyuki Izumi (1975), and Kazuma Irifune (1986). After him are Yuta Hashimura (1991), Hiroshi Ichihara (1987), Tetsuya Totsuka (1961), Hitoshi Sasaki (1973), Yusuke Ishii (1991), and Mai Aizawa (1980).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 24. Before him are Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), Hiro Matsushita (1961), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Maki Kaji (1951), Shuhei Yoshida (1964), and Hiroshi Mikitani (1965). After him are Joi Ito (1966).

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