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- Sir Howard Stringer (born 19 February 1942) is a Welsh-American businessman. He had a 30-year career at CBS, culminating in him serving as the president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988, then president of CBS from 1988 to 1995. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation from 2005 to 2012. [ 3 ]
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Sir Howard Stringer (born 19 February 1942) is a Welsh-American businessman. He had a 30-year career at CBS, culminating in him serving as the president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988, then president of CBS from 1988 to 1995.
Sir Howard Stringer (born 19 February 1942) is a Welsh-American businessman. He had a 30-year career at CBS, culminating in him serving as the president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988, then president of CBS from 1988 to 1995.
May 28, 2006 · In an era of brazen executive overcompensation, Sir Howard Stringer, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Corporation, does all right for himself yet manages to lag tastefully behind most...
- Howard Stringer
- Emigrated to United States
- Fought in Vietnam War
- Moved Through Ranks at CBS
- Joined Sony
- Faced Challenges at Work, Home
- Periodicals
- Online
In 2005, the Tokyo–based Sony Corporation tapped Welsh–born naturalized American Howard Stringer (born 1942) to lead the company, making him the first foreign chief executive hired to oversee the electronics giant. A native of Wales, Stringer moved to the United Statesto pursue a career in television, became a citizen and ended up president of the ...
Stringer was born February 19, 1942, in Cardiff, Wales. His mother, Marjorie Mary (Pook) Stringer, was a teacher and his father, Harry Stringer, served as a squadron leader in Britain's Royal Air Force, seeing active duty during World War II. Because of his father's military career, Stringer moved a lot. The first four years of his life were spent ...
Not long after landing in the United States, Stringer received draft papers. By the mid–1960s, the Vietnam War was in full swing and the United States was ramping up troop support in South Vietnam. At first, Stringer thought there had been a mistake. He told the London Independent's David Usborne that he wrote then–U.S. Attorney GeneralBobby Kenned...
After returning from the war, Stringer found his way back to CBS, becoming a news–radio production assistant for WCBS radio in New York. In 1968, Stringer joined the CBS election coverage team as a researcher and swarmed through 26 states in the eight–month run–up to the election. Next, he became a researcher for CBS Reports. Launched in 1959, CBS ...
In 1998, Stringer became chairman and CEO of the Sony Corporation of America, placing him in charge of Sony's film and music businesses. This arm of the Sony empire was not performing well, having recently written off $3.2 billion to cover losses at Columbia Pictures. In an effort to restore Sony America to profitability, in 2003 Stringer pieced to...
Stringer's first major crisis came at the end of his first year when Sony was forced to recall millions of its laptop batteries, which were prone to overheating and therefore posed a fire risk. The recall was a major setback for Sony's credibility. He also faced challenges from within the company. After a thorough review of assets, in 2006 Stringer...
Guardian(London), May 5, 2001. Independent(London), April 28, 1999. New York Times, March 7, 2005. Times(London), April 24, 2004; September 24, 2005. Washington Post, February 24, 1995.
“Senior Management: Sir Howard Stringer,” Sony, http://www.sony.com/utilities/printable.php?page=/SCA/bios/stringer.shtml (December 14, 2007). “Sir Howard Stringer (Ldr 60) Remembers His Arrival at Oundle,” The Oundle Society Summer Newsletter, http://www.oundlesociety.org/Media/Download/1271/OundleSummer%2005.pdf(December 14, 2007). “Sir Howard St...
Sep 18, 2005 · WHEN Sir Howard Stringer was anointed the unlikely emperor of the Sony Corporation in March, it was one for the history books, and in a few ways. For one -- and much noted at the time --...
Mar 19, 2001 · Sony's Boogie Knight Sir Howard Stringer is on a quest. To battle the media giants, he must connect Sony's content to its magical electronics devices.
Jun 14, 2007 · FT: That was Sir Howard Stringer of Sony on movies, music and PlayStation. You can also hear him discussing new media.
