When was ken kutaragi born
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Ken Kutaragi
Japanese engineering technologist and businessman (born 1950)
Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健, Kutaragi Ken, born 2 August 1950) 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 2007, 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
Kutaragi was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1950. His parents, although not wealthy by Japanese standards, still managed to own their own business, a small printing plant in the city. As Kutaragi grew into childhood, they actively encouraged the young boy to explore his mech
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Ken Kutaragi – Sony Intrapreneur Story
Look familiar? This is Mr Ken Kutaragi. He invented the Playstation when working at Sony! Ken has become an international Intrapreneurial Success story has now become one of the most celebrated in business history.
In 1975, Ken was an engineer at the sound labs at Sony Corporation when he bought his young daughter a Nintendo game console. He was not satisfied with the products sound quality and used his experience and knowledge to build a new digital chip which would improve the product quality for Nintendo outside of work.
At the time Sony was not interested in getting into the gaming sector so dismissed his idea harshly initially until the CEO and Management agreed to let him keep working on the idea. Through hard work and determination, Ken created Sony’s electronic gaming business unit.
The financial success of the Sony PlayStation was so impressive that by 1998, the PlayStation was providing 40 percent of Sony Corporation’s operating profits. The strong profits from the Sony PlayStation line still accounts f
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How Ken Kutaragi Changed The World
Sony Computer Entertainment is one of the most successful video game companies ever. The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling game system in history, and had it not been for their partnership and eventual falling out with Nintendo, the PlayStation may never have ever happened.
Sony’s entrance into the video game industry started with the work of one electronics engineer named Ken Kutaragi. In the late '80s, he watched his daughter playing games on the original Nintendo, and saw the potential that games consoles had. When Nintendo was developing the Super Nintendo, they expressed interest in a new, powerful sound chip for the system.
Kutaragi developed the chip at Sony Digital Research labs in secret, and when his bosses found out, they were furious. However, Nintendo loved the chip and bought it for their new console.
A few years later, Nintendo decided they needed help developing an accessory for the Super Nintendo so it could play games from CDs. They approached Kutaragi directly for this, and although Sony management still considered video
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