Sir Howard Stringer is a British-American businessman and the Chairman, President and CEO of the Sony Corporation.
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Biography
Howard Stringer (Stringer pronounced with hard "g") was born in February 19, 1942 in Cardiff, Wales to Harry and Marjorie Mary (Pook) Stringer. On July 29, 1978 Stringer married Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson. They had one child named David Ridley. He emigrated to the United States in 1965 where he became a naturalized citizen in 1985.Howard Stringer Biography (1942-) He also served in the Vietnam War in the U.S. armed forces. His younger brother, Rob Stringer, is Chairman of Sony Music Label Group. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on December 31, 1999.
Education
- BA, University of Oxford, Modern History
- MA, University of Oxford, Modern History
Career
Stringer had a 30 year career at CBS where he was a journalist, producer and senior executive. He served as President of CBS from 1988 to 1995 where he was responsible for all the broadcast activities of its entertainment, news, sports, radio and television stations.
Highlights of his career at CBS
- Executive Producer of "CBS Reports" (1976-1981)Biography for Howard Stringer
- Executive Producer of "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" (1981-1984)
- President of CBS News (1986-1988)
- President of CBS, Inc. (1988-1995)
- He won nine Emmys at CBS for the following programs: "The Rockefellers", "The Palestinians", "A Tale Of Two Irelands", "The Defense Of The United States", "The Boat People", "The Boston Goes To China", "The Fire Next Door", "And The Cia's Secret Army".
Sony
Stringer began work at Sony in May 1997. Since June 2005 he has been Chairman and CEO of Sony responsible for the whole of Sony including its media and electronics subsidiaries such as the Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Financial Holdings. On April 1st, 2009 he became President of Sony Corporation, ousting Ryoji Chubachi in a move which is seen as the first part of a corporate restructuring. He also serves as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation of America. He has been President of Sony Broadband Entertainment Corporation since March 2000.
Stringer previously was head of the Sony Corporation of America and was promoted to the company's top position because the corporation overall was having trouble with losses and was facing increasing competition from other companies like Samsung, Sharp, Apple Inc. and Panasonic. He primarily worked in the media industry and was responsible for the media segment of Sony in the United States by overlooking the release of the Spider-Man movie series among others.
