1960 - Today
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 421,941 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaz Hirai is the 486th most popular businessperson (down from 67th in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Kaz Hirai ranks 486 out of 601. Before him are Anita Roddick, Irving Kristol, Jacqueline Mars, Harvey S. Firestone, Mark Shuttleworth, and Manolo el del bombo. After him are Gilbert Kaplan, Sam Panopoulos, David Filo, Marcus Loew, Vijay Mallya, and Ben Bradlee.
1942 - 2007
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 480
1920 - 2009
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 481
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 482
1868 - 1938
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 483
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 484
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 485
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 486
1941 - 2016
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 487
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 488
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 489
1870 - 1927
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 490
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 491
1921 - 2014
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 492
Among people born in 1960, Kaz Hirai ranks 246. Before him are Aldo Serena, Ahmed Jabari, John Schneider, Shinya Tsukamoto, Da-Wen Sun, and Michael Lewis. After him are Callum Keith Rennie, Jeffrey Eugenides, Leland Orser, Nigella Lawson, Gustavo Petro, and Semir Osmanagić.
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 240
1960 - 2012
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 241
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 242
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 243
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 244
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 245
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 246
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 247
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 248
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 249
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 250
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 251
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 252
Among people born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 1,191 out of 6,048. Before him are Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Shu Kamo (1939), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Kei Nishikori (1989), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), and Katsuko Saruhashi (1920). After him are Isao Okano (1944), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Keiko Awaji (1933), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), Keiji Fujiwara (1964), and Shoko Hamada (1950).
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 1,185
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 1,186
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 1,187
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,188
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 1,189
1920 - 2007
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,190
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 1,191
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 1,192
1917 - 1996
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 1,193
1933 - 2014
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 1,194
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 1,195
1964 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 1,196
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 1,197
Among businesspeople born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 15. Before him are Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Norio Ohga (1930), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), and Akio Toyoda (1956). After him are Hiro Matsushita (1961), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), and Joi Ito (1966).
1913 - 2013
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 9
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 11
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 14
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 15
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 16
1913 - 1999
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 17
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 18