Tsunao Hashimoto

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 - 12 March 2016), vice chairman and representative director of the Sony Corporation, served as the 9th Chief Scout of the Scout Association of Japan, from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2010.

Background

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

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

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

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.