Ken Kutaragi

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Full Name	Ken Kutaragi
Occupation	Business Executive
Date Of Birth	Aug 2, 1950(1950-08-02)
Age	74
Birthplace	Japan
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Leo

Ken Kutaragi Biography

Ken Kutaragi is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on August 2, 1950 in Japan, Japan. Former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, known as the father of the Playstation. In 2011 he stepped down as honorary chairman of SCEI (Sony Computer Entertainment).

He worked with Howard Stringer and was in contention with him for the CEO position at Sony.

Immediately after graduation, Kutaragi began working for Sony in their digital research labs in the mid-1970s. Although at the time it was considered a radical decision, Kutaragi felt that Sony was on the “fast track”. He quickly gained a reputation as an excellent problem solver and a forward-thinking engineer, earning that reputation by working on many successful projects, including early liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and digital cameras.

Kutaragi always had the desire to “tinker”, often taking apart toys as a child rather than playing with them. This curiosity carried from childhood, leading him as a teenager to learn the intricacies of electronics. Eventually, in fact, his love of electronics led to him enrolling in University of Electro- Communications, where he acquired an Electronics degree in the 1970s.

He was born and raised in Tokyo and his parents owned their own printing business.

Ken Kutaragi Net Worth

Ken Kutaragi is one of the richest Business Executive from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ken Kutaragi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began developing his engineering skills at a young age in his parents’ printing plant and went on to attend the University of Electro-Communications. He worked in the digital labs at Sony on projects like LCDs and digital cameras.

For his work on the Playstation, he was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2004.

Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健 , Kutaragi Ken, born August 2, 1950) is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the video game division of Sony Corporation, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known as “The Father of the PlayStation”, and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4, and the PlayStation 5.

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Kutaragi has labelled the Xbox 360 as “just an Xbox 1.5” and stated that it was “only going after PlayStation 2”. However, SCE Executive Tetsuhiko Yasuda did not consider Microsoft to be a competitor, and has said that they might consider working on games together. In September 2006 Kutaragi admitted that the shortage of PlayStation 3 consoles to North America and Japan as well as the postponing of the console’s debut in Europe put Sony’s strength in hardware in decline.

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Ken Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Ken Kutaragi celebrates birthday on August 2 of every year.

Ken Kutaragi later became president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment, Inc. He also serves on the boards of Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc., Nojima Corporation, and Rakuten, Inc. In 2009, he became a visiting professor of Ritsumeikan University.

What did Ken Kutaragi invent?

Ken Kutaragi was an engineer at Sony when he created the PlayStation video- game console and pushed the company to build it. Once dismissed by Sony executives as a mere toy, PlayStation became Sony’s cash cow, contributing 60 percent of the company’s operating profits in 2003.

Why did Kutaragi leave Sony?

PlayStation inventor Ken Kutaragi officially left Sony on Tuesday, leaving behind a franchise struggling against increasing competition from the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox. Kutaragi had said in April that he would retire on June 19 as chairman and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment.

Who is the father of PlayStation?

N PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi , will step down on June 19, at a time when the Japanese company is fighting to reassert its lead in the video game market. Known as the “Father of PlayStation,” Kutaragi, 56, took a lead role in the invention of the Sony game console in 1994 and the PlayStation 2 in 2000.

What type of engineer is Ken Kutaragi?

Trained as an electrical engineer , Kutaragi joined Sony in 1975. He designed a liquid-crystal-display projector in the 1970s, but Sony did not use his design, losing out to other companies who marketed similar technology with success. He developed a reputation as one of Sony’s most talented engineers.

Who invented the PS5?

The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.