4. Kazuo Hirai was born in 1960
in TOKYO, JAPAN
Graduated from International Christian
University In Augest 1984 with a
Bachelor Of Liberal Arts Degree
5. career
Kazuo Hirai began his career in 1984,
starting out in Sony Music
Entertainment, Japan in marketing
department.
Afterwards, becoming the head of
Sony's international business affairs
department.
Then moved to Sony Music Japan’s
New York office, leading the marketing
of Sony Music Japan artists in the U.S.
6. In August 1995, Hirai joined
Sony's computer and video
game division, Sony Computer
Entertainment America
On July 3, 2006, Sony Computer
Entertainment announced that Hirai had
been made a vice president of its
corporate executive group.
7. On November 30, 2006, just under two
weeks after the launch of PlayStation 3,
Hirai replaced Ken Kutaragi as President
of Sony Computer Entertainment
While maintaining his positions at SCEA,
Hirai also became chief operating
officer of SCEI.
On April 26, 2007 Hirai become the
President and Group CEO of SCEI.
8. SUCCESS
Hirai succeeded in establishing games as a
significant genre on par with music and
movies, making the PlayStation brand
synonymous with exceptional gaming.
Hirai led the company into various new
frontiers, including the introduction of
PlayStation 2 online gaming in 2002 and
PlayStation Network in 2006, which has
more than 20 million accounts worldwide
as of today.
