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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 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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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Kaz Hirai ranks 486 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kaz Hirai ranks 246Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 1,191 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Kaz Hirai ranks 15Before 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).