Sir Howard Stringer is a British businessman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation. Previously he was chief executive of Sony Corporation of America before being promoted to the highest post.
Stringer worked as a journalist, producer and senior executive for 30 years for CBS, including as President from 1988 to 1995. He became Chairman and CEO of TELE-TV, a media and technology company formed by Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Telesis in February 1995, and joined Sony in April 1997, becoming Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation of America in 1998. He continues to head the American subsidiary after being promoted to CEO of the parent company in mid-2005.
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