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Norio Ohga

1930 - 2011

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Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, Ōga Norio; January 29, 1930 – April 23, 2011), also spelled Norio Oga, was a Japanese businessperson who was the president and chairman of Sony Corporation. He is credited with spurring the development of the compact disc (CD) as a commercially viable audio format. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norio Ohga is the 385th most popular businessperson (down from 328th in 2019), the 978th most popular biography from Japan (down from 853rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Norio Ohga ranks 385 out of 847. Before him are Dieter Zetsche, Akio Toyoda, Henry E. Steinway, Thierry Breton, Paul Sacher, and Douglas Tompkins. After him are Satya Nadella, Tanaka Hisashige, Oleg Deripaska, Tatsumi Kimishima, Sylvia Beach, and Mikhail Fridman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Norio Ohga ranks 269. Before him are Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Colin McDonald, Sigge Parling, Freimut Börngen, Borislav Pekić, and Adile Naşit. After him are Jacques Hamel, Carmen Sevilla, Egon Klepsch, Antonio Saura, John Astin, and Gérard Blain. Among people deceased in 2011, Norio Ohga ranks 181. Before him are Mutassim Gaddafi, Bernd Eichinger, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Sven Tumba, María Mercader, and Romuald Klim. After him are James Hillman, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Bhupen Hazarika, Koichi Tohei, Jacques Fatton, and José Alencar.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norio Ohga ranks 978 out of 6,245. Before him are Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Kanji Ishiwara (1889), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), and Shunichiro Okano (1931). After him are Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), and Kirin Kiki (1943).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Norio Ohga ranks 14. Before him are Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Tadashi Yanai (1949), and Akio Toyoda (1956). After him are Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Masaji Kiyokawa (1913), Hiro Matsushita (1961), and Shuntaro Furukawa (1972).

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