Nikkei: Kaz Hirai stepping up as Sony president, Stringer staying on as chairman and CEO
It’s unfortunate, but it seems unlikely we’ll be hearing Sony’s current “executive deputy president” Kazuo Hirai regaling us with extended “Riiiiiiiiidge Racer!” shouts much more, as Nikkei is reporting he’ll be taking over as president in the coming months. Current president, CEO and chairman Sir Howard Stringer will apparently be losing a third of his title to Kaz, and the move is expected “as soon as April,” according to our bilingual cohorts at Engadget.
When Hirai was promoted to the deputy president role earlier this year, he became the heir apparent to Stringer’s role as president, so it’s not exactly an enormous surprise to hear this report. Sony had yet to confirm the news as of publishing, but Nikkei isn’t exactly known for its false reporting. All the same, we’ve reached out for confirmation.Nikkei: Kaz Hirai stepping up as Sony president, Stringer staying on as chairman and CEO originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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