Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka was the co founder of Sony (initially Tokyo telecommunications engineering corperation). He and Akio Morita founded the company in 1946 and was instrumental in securing the licensing of transistor technology from Bell Labs. Sony was the first company to apply transistor technology to non-military uses. He has been awarded numerous awards and Honorary Doctorates from the Sophia University. 


 

 

 

 
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