Akio Morita
Japanese co-founder of Sony Corporation. Architect of post-war Japan's transformation into a consumer electronics powerhouse. Visionary behind the Walkman and the global Sony brand.
Akio Morita
Ask Akio Morita about Sony, the Walkman, and post-war Japanese consumer electronics. Walk a Tokyo factory floor with the man who put music in your pocket.
Japanese co-founder of Sony Corporation. Architect of post-war Japan's transformation into a consumer electronics powerhouse. Visionary behind the Walkman and the global Sony brand.
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 1999
- Birthplace
- Nagoya
- Nationality
- Japan
What Akio Morita can help you think about
Akio Morita is a fitting guide when your questions touch inventors and business leaders. Bring whatever you're untangling — a decision you're weighing, a doubt you're sitting with, a problem that won't loosen — and let the conversation move from there.
The answers draw on the shape of Akio Morita's thinking across work like Sony Corporation, Walkman, and Made in Japan (autobiography) — translated into a voice you can actually talk back to.
Ask plainly. Push back. Follow a thread until it goes somewhere. This isn't a lookup — it's a conversation with a mentor who's already done the thinking you're about to do.
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