# Kazuo Hirai

> Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai  is a Japanese businessman. He is best known as the former chairman of Sony Corporation, serving from April 2018 to June 2019, as well as president and CEO from April 2012 to April 2018. He also served as a board member of Sony Computer Entertainment and chairman and co-CEO of Sony Entertainment. He was noted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most powerful executives in the entertainment industry. He led the Sony Computer Entertainment division between 2007 and 2012, and then became president and CEO of Sony in April 2012. Through his tenure as CEO, Sony experienced a resurgence during the 2010s. In 2018, Hirai stepped down as president and CEO, becoming chairman of Sony Corporation. He fully retired from Sony in June 2019, and retired from his role as a senior adviser to the company in June 2024.

*Japanese businessman*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kazuo-hirai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1960-12-22
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.8 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 15.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.sony.com/SCA/who-we-are/leadershipteam/kazuo-hirai.shtml

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB)
- [كازو هيراي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A)
- [كازو هيراى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89)
- [Kaz Hirai](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_Hirai)
- [Kazuo Hirai](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai)
- [Kaz Hirai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaz_Hirai)
- [Kazuo Hirai](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai)
- [کازوئو هیرایی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%88_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C)
- [Kazuo Hirai](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai)
- [קאזו היראי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%96%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99)
- [Kazuo Hirai](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai)
- [平井一夫](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB)
- [히라이 가즈오](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4_%EA%B0%80%EC%A6%88%EC%98%A4)
- [Хираи, Кадзуо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BE)
- [Kazuo Hirai](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai)
- [Hirai Kazuo](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirai_Kazuo)
- [平井一夫](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1275691)

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