Kunitake Ando (安藤国威, Andō Kunitake; born January 1, 1942) became president of Sony Corporation in June2000, having been an employee of the company since 1969. On March 7, 2005 it was announced that he would step down to become an adviser, with Ryoji Chubachi succeeding him as president. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article is about the year. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He first served on the board from 1994 to 1997, when he was removed as part of the massive reduction in the size of the board initiated by Sony president Nobuyuki Idei. He did not return to the board until he succeeded Idei as president, even though he was named Executive Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer in April 2000. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nobuyuki Idei (born November 1937) is the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation. ...
His secondary title was altered to Group Chief Operating Officer in 2003 and to Global Hub President in 2004. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
If Sony President KunitakeAndo is right about the near future, people will finally be able to retrieve their personal information from powerful networks that allow anytime, anywhere across a variety of individual devices.
Rather, Ando sees a personal computer (emphasis on the personal) evolving to the point where it actually knows a person's individual tendencies and tastes, functioning almost like a surrogate brain.
For Ando and for Sony--one of the most successful companies in the history of consumer electronics--the rewards could be as large as the margin of error is slim.
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