Tsunao Hashimoto
橋本 綱夫
Born(1932-11-11)November 11, 1932
Died (aged 83)
OccupationBusiness executive
EmployerSony Corporation

Tsunao Hashimoto (橋本 綱夫, Hashimoto Tsunao), (11 November 1932[1] - 12 March 2016), vice chairman and representative director of the Sony Corporation,[2][3][4][5] served as the 9th Chief Scout of the Scout Association of Japan, from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2010.[1]

Background

In 1958, he graduated from University of Tokyo and joined Sony.[1] In 1995, he became vice chairman of Sony.[1] In 1998, he became chairman of Sony Life,[1]

In 2010 he received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.[6]

Hashimoto died of pneumonia on 12 March 2016 at the age of 83.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tsunao Hashimoto News of death SAJ NEWS No. 47(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Press Release - Sony Announces Executive-Level Changes in Management". Sony Global. 1998-05-07. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. ↑ Holley, David (1993-12-03). "Brain Surgery Blurs Future of Sony Chairman : Japan: Analysts speculate that his absence could trigger executive changes at giant electronic company". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Tsunao Hashimoto: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  5. ↑ Nathan, John (2001-03-08). Sony. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0618126945.
  6. ↑ 䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 [Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan] (PDF). Reinanzaka Scout Club (in Japanese). 2014-05-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-11.
  7. ↑ "元ソニー副会長の橋本綱夫さん死去" [Former Sony vice president Tsunao Hashimoto has died]. Asahi Shimbun Digital. 2016-03-22. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22.


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