TOKYO (AP) — Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 through 2005, steering its growth in the digital and entertainment businesses, has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 84. Idei died of ...

He served as head of the electronics and entertainment giant from 1998-2005, steering its digital growth, before he was succeeded by Howard Stringer. By The Associated Press Nobuyuki Idei, who led ...

Idei Nobuyuki was first hired by Sony in 1960. After serving as head of the Audio Division and the company’s advertising operations, he took over as president in 1995. Appointed by Ōga Norio, himself ...

Idei, who joined the company in 1960 and served as CEO from 1998 to 2005, passed away June 2 in Tokyo, the company said in a statement. “Idei was surely a visionary leader who was able to make ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nobuyuki Idei, the urbane former chief executive of Sony Group Corp, who spearheaded the Japanese conglomerate's push into content but missed the shift to MP3s that led to the iPod, ...

Nobuyuki Idei was about as far from Norio Ohga as you could imagine from a CEO. He was the first CEO of Sony not to come from engineering stock, and it showed. His appointment was hugely controversial ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s ...