Howard Stringer

Sir Howard Stringer ( born February 19, 1942 in Cardiff ) is a British-American manager. He was 2005-2012 Chairman, President and CEO of Sony.

Biography

Howard Stringer was born the son of Harry and Marjorie Mary ( Pook ) stringers in Cardiff in 1942. He studied at the University of Oxford. On July 29, 1978, he married Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson. Together they have a son named David Ridley. He emigrated in 1965 to the United States. His younger brother, Rob Stringer, is the CEO of Sony Music Label Group. Howard Stringer was beaten by Elizabeth II on 31 December 1999 knighted.

Career

Stringer began his career at CBS where he worked as a journalist, producer, and as a senior executive. From 1988 to 1995 he was president of CBS and is responsible for news, sports, entertainment, radio and TV. Stringer began in May 1997 with Sony. In June 2005 he was responsible chairman and CEO of Sony and thus also for subsidiaries like Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Financial Holdings. On 1 April 2009 he took over from Ryoji Chubachi addition the position of President. 2012 Kazuo Hirai followed him in his managerial positions at Sony.