Norio Ohga

Norio Oga (Japanese大 贺 典 雄, Norio Oga, born January 29, 1930 in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, † April 23, 2011 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese businessman.

Music

After graduating in 1953 he graduated at the Tōkyō Daigaku Geijutsu, the University of Tokyo arts. Besides, he majored in conducting, composition, harmony and counterpoint. Norio Oga was, inter alia, enrolled at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. In 1955 he went to the University of the Arts Berlin. In 1957, he graduated there. A call of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, he was followed in 1999 as president.

Careers at Sony

Oga competed in 1953 at the former Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo KK, the forerunner of Sony, and became a consultant. In 1959, his stake in Sony as a permanent employee.

He was dissatisfied with the low quality of tape recorders. According to legend, he wanted to reach for his wife in the development of the CD must have a minimum duration of 74 minutes so that the CD is a beloved by his wife recording of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, was able to capture.

He was:

To the Chairman of the Sony USA Inc. He was in March 1988.

In February 1989, he became vice chairman of the Commerce and Industry Chamber of Tokyo, in June of that year, President and CEO of Sony Corp.. In 1994, the Federal Cross of Merit awarded him. In May of the same year he was promoted to president of the Electronic Industries Association of Japan.

The next year he took Nobuyuki Idei as president of the company, which Oga was elected chairman of the board. This led to a major reorganization of the Group. In December 1996, he became an officer of the Legion of Honour. 1998 Idei was then co-CEO with Oga and 1999 sole manager. In 2000, UCI was partially retired. He remained as Chairman of the Board while Idei became CEO of the company. On his 73rd birthday Norio Oga resigned from the Board and was honorary chairman.