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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
7 Mar 2022 Acquired SONY
“Originally, the intent was he and his family were going to be there for two years and set up Sony Corporation of America. It ultimately ends up being about one year because his father passes away and he has to go back to Nagoya.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 7 Mar 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- SONY
Transcript context
…That was cool. I had that too. Yeah. I think that was a pre-dated Product Red but what would become Product Red. Yup, I think that's right. Ultimately, what that leads to is a couple of years later, Morita and Sony decided we need to establish our own corporation in America so that we don't have to work with distributors. We can just directly have a Sony operation in America. They started the Sony Corporation of America in 1960. Morita actually moves to New York City. Originally, the intent was he and his family were going to be there for two years and set up Sony Corporation of America. It ultimately ends up being about one year because his father passes away and he has to go back to Nagoya. Ultimately, his younger brother would take over the family and the business. It is interesting how his US license plate when he moved here was AKM, which is the hint that he did always think about himself as the [...] of the family.…
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