Sir Howard Stringer

Howard Stringer: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective CE Companies

Authored by Paul Sweeting on January 8, 2009 - 8:36am.

LAS VEGAS--The most compelling thing on display at Sony chairman Sir Howard Stringer's CES keynote this morning was a short clip from the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie "Up." Why was the chairman of Sony plugging a Disney picture? Because Sir Howard was borrowing Disney chief creative officer and Pixar founder John Lasseter to shill for Blu-ray, and where there's a quid there must be a quo. The fact that Sony is still dragging Hollywood luminaries up on stage to defend promote Blu-ray tells you all you need to know about where Sony really thinks about how the Blu-ray revolution is coming along (you WON for chrissakes). "Never have I been as excited by a technology as I am with Blu-ray," Lasseter enthused. "Once you have it, you can’t go back."

Sony Names Sir Howard Stringer as First Foreign Chairman and CEO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 7, 2005 - 6:52am.

Tokyo -- Japanese electronics and media giant Sony Corporation on Monday appointed its first foreign chairman and chief executive, former CBS executive Sir Howard Stringer, who will replace outgoing company head Nobuyuki Idei. Stringer, who was born in Wales, holds dual British-American citizenship and speaks no Japanese, was previously vice chairman at Sony and CEO of Sony Corp. of America. "As with all great institutions, Sony has built a tremendous legacy over 60 years. But we cannot let that trap us or inhibit us. We need to take that legacy and reinvent it," Stringer said. "The dynamics and competitive landscape have changed. The pace of innovation across all the businesses in which we compete has changed. So Sony too must change." Sony also announced that company president Kunitake Ando will step down, to be replaced by Ryoji Chubachi, an executive with Sony Electronics.

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