Ken kutaragi biography
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Kutaragi, Ken
Group Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment
Born in August of in Tokyo, Japan; son of a printing plant owner.
Addresses:Office— Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo , Japan.
Career
Joined Sony Corporation, ; named manager for PlayStation project, Sony, ; named assistant general manager, computer entertainment project, Home Video Group, Sony, April, ; named director and general manager, research and development, Sony, November, ; named executive vice president, research and development, Sony, ; named chairman and chief executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America, April, ; named group executive and executive vice president, Sony Computer Entertainment, June, ; named co-chief organization officer, Sony Computer Entertainment, October, ; named group executive officer, Sony Corporation, ; named president and chief executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment, ; resigned from board and named group executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainme
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The former Chairman and Group 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, and the PlayStation 3. He had also designed the sound processor for the Super Nintendo. With Sony, he designed the VLSI chip which works in conjunction with the PS1&#;s RISC CPU to handle the graphics rendering. He was closely watched by financial analysts who trace profiles of the losses and profits of the Sony Corporation. This has been attributed to the PlayStation franchise&#;s high profit returns for Sony; it has been the key source of profit for the company. Born in Tokyo, Japan, his parents, although not wealthy bygd Japanese standards, still managed to own their own business - a small printing plant in the city. As he grew into childhood, they actively encouraged th
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Ken Kutaragi
Japanese engineering technologist and businessman (born )
Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健, Kutaragi Ken, born 2 August ) is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman, currently president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. Formerly the chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game division of Sony, Kutaragi is known as "The Father of the PlayStation"[1] having overseen the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs until departing the company in , shortly after the PlayStation 3 was released.
Kutaragi had also designed the sound processor for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. With Sony, he designed the VLSI chip, which works in conjunction with the PS1's RISC CPU to handle the graphics rendering.
Early years
[edit]Kutaragi was born in Tokyo, Japan, in His parents, although not wealthy by Japanese standards, still managed to own their own business, a small printing plant in the city. As Kutara