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Kaz Hirai

1960 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaz Hirai has received more than 444,200 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaz Hirai is the 552nd most popular businessperson (down from 486th in 2019), the 1,361st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,188th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Kaz Hirai ranks 552 out of 847. Before him are Kai-Fu Lee, Arianna Huffington, Güler Sabancı, Mark Shuttleworth, Salt Bae, and Jean-Dominique Senard. After him are Herb Kohl, Stafford Beer, Christy Walton, Sherry Lansing, Adam Silver, and Howard Stringer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kaz Hirai ranks 305. Before him are Kyle Gass, Davor Jozić, Steve Kloves, Rachel Portman, Delio Rossi, and Beata Poźniak. After him are Dmitri Vrubel, Catherine Coleman, Karim Rashid, Kristin Hannah, Protase Rugambwa, and Alfred Gusenbauer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 1,361 out of 6,245. Before him are Choei Sato (1951), Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), Shinji Ono (1979), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Masaaki Suzuki (1954). After him are Hiroki Kosai (1933), Anri (1961), Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), Kozo Tashima (1957), Kenji Goto (1967), and Princess Mako of Akishino (1991).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 18. Before him are Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Norio Ohga (1930), Akio Toyoda (1956), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), and Tatsumi Kimishima (1950). After him are Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), Hiro Matsushita (1961), Hiroshi Mikitani (1965), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Maki Kaji (1951), and Joi Ito (1966).

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