Ibuka, Masaru

Ibuka, Masaru
▪ 1998

      Japanese businessman (b. April 11, 1908, Nikko, Japan—d. Dec. 19, 1997, Tokyo), was the cofounder and leading engineer of the Sony Corp. His development of the tape recorder, transistor radio, and many other products put Sony at the forefront of technological innovation for more than three decades and made it the world's most successful and recognized electronics company. In 1933 Ibuka earned a degree in engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, and also won a prize at a Paris exhibit for an invention—a modulated-light transmission system. Ibuka worked for several scientific companies before founding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp.) with Akio Morita in 1946; the company was renamed the Sony Corp. in 1958. Combining Ibuka's technical innovations with the flamboyant Morita's marketing savvy, Sony soon dominated the electronics industry in Japan. Ibuka developed magnetic recording tape in 1949 and that led to the introduction of the first tape recorder in Japan a year later. He guided the development of Japan's first transistor radio (introduced in 1955), the world's first transistor television (1960), and the Trinitron colour television (1967). He served as president of Sony from 1950 to 1971, when he became chairman. In 1976 he retired from active involvement with the company and became honorary chairman. Ibuka was interested in education, writing books on the subject and chairing the Early Development Association. He also served as chairman of the Boy Scouts of Japan.

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