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Sony plans to combine its videogame and consumer-electronics businesses and then promote Kazuo Hirai, the head of its PlayStation game business, to oversee the newly formed unit, making him a possible successor to company Chief Executive Howard Stringer.
Business Watch 2011
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Sony on Thursday said it would combine its videogame and consumer-electronics businesses and promote Mr. Hirai, who has been the head of its PlayStation game business, to oversee the new unit.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Sony plans to combine its videogame and consumer-electronics businesses under Kazuo Hirai, making him a possible heir to CEO Howard Stringer.
What's News 2011
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The promotion positions Mr. Hirai, 50 years old, as the most likely candidate to succeed Mr. Stringer.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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From his long career at the videogame unit, Mr. Hirai, who is fluent in English and Japanese, has the most experience among Sony's senior executives in delivering on Mr. Stringer's "convergence" strategy to marry content with the company's gadgets.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Despite Mr. Hirai's track record of having turned around the videogame unit, he lacks any experience "of this scope and scale," she continued.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Mr. Stringer said Thursday that Mr. Hirai's appointment as executive deputy president and representative corporate officer—a distinction shared by only Mr. Stringer and Vice Chairman Ryoji Chubachi , a former Sony president—is the first step in a systematic succession plan.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Mr. Stringer, in an interview, confirmed the intent behind Mr. Hirai's promotion.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Mr. Hirai started his career at Sony's music joint venture with CBS in 1984 before joining Sony Computer Entertainment in 1995.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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Industry watchers generally gave a nod of approval to the elevation of Mr. Hirai, though Sony shares fell 2% in a broad stock market sell-off Thursday.
Sony Executive Faces New Game Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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