Masaru Ibuka

Japanese businessman (1908-1997) · Japan · On the map · Founders · Died at 89

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, along with Akio Morita.

Masaru Ibuka is read about 380 times a day, in 31 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

1997Died19 December 19971992Order of CultureAward1991Bronze Wolf AwardAward1989Person of Cultural MeritAward1972IEEE Founders MedalAward1908Born11 April 1908

People around Masaru

Close ties

Akio Morita Professional partner, co-founded Sony Group

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Awards

Order of Culture1992

Bronze Wolf Award1991

Person of Cultural Merit1989

IEEE Founders Medal1972

Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class

Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

IEEE Fellow

About this person

Country

Japan

Founders from Japan 6

Kiichirō Toyoda58.9 of 100

Momofuku Ando61.0 of 100 Hiroshi Yamauchi58.3 of 100

Shibusawa Eiichi60.3 of 100

Iwasaki Yatarō61.0 of 100 Haruna Yukawa54.5 of 100