索尼任命平井一夫为新总裁

据《日经新闻》报道称，索尼最早将于明年4月份将消费业务掌门平井一夫(Kazuo Hirai)提升为总裁。 与此同时，霍华德·斯金格(Howard Stringer)将继续担任董事长兼首席执行官。 平井一夫今年51岁，在日本企业的传统标准里，是一个相对年轻的的总裁。平井在2006年至2011年中期之间，一直担任索尼公司游戏业务部门负责人，期间其成功的推动了PlayStation业务在美国市场的积极发展势头。2011年6月，索尼欧洲游戏业务负责人安德鲁·豪斯（Andrew House）接替了平井一夫游戏业务主管职务，而平井一夫也转战消费者业务部门，并担任部门主管。

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市场研究公司Hudson Square分析师丹·恩斯特(Dan Ernst)说，“索尼已经清楚地发出平井一夫将是斯金格接班人的信号，因此这只是索尼发出的又一个信号。当然，索尼还面临许多挑战，但华尔街看好平井一夫。” 索尼在许多方面已经落后于三星，尤其电视业务表现欠佳。自斯金格2005年出任董事长以来，索尼股价下跌幅度累计达到约60%，同期内三星股价翻了近一番。 索尼东京发言人昨天通过电邮表示，索尼董事会尚未做出任何决定。他拒绝进一步置评。 编译：Luffy Liu 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 参考英文原文：Report: Sony picks Howard Stringer's successor，by Junko Yoshida

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{pagination} Report: Sony picks Howard Stringer's successor Junko Yoshida NEW YORK -- The Nikkei, Japan’s economic newspaper, reported that Sony Corp. has picked executive deputy president Kazuo Hirai as Howard Stringer’s heir apparent. Hirai will be promoted to president of Sony as early as April, according to the report. Meanwhile, Stringer, current president and CEO, is expected to remain chairman and chief executive officer. Hirai, 51, is considered as a relatively young president by the Japanese corporate standard. Hirai is probably best known for his involvement in Sony’s gaming operations. In November, 2006, Hirai made headlines in the Japanese press when he replaced Sony’s legendary Ken Kutaragi as president of Sony Computer Entertainment. Sony's Kazuo Hirai Last April, Hirai was promoted to his current position as executive deputy president, tasked with turning its TV business around. Sony, hit hard by the poor performance in its TV business, is likely to face a fourth consecutive year of net losses in the fiscal term ending March. Under Hirai, Sony decided last month to end a seven-year-old LCD panel joint manufacturing venture with Samsung Electronics Co. in an effort to cut costs. The Japanese newspaper reported that Hirai's appointment as president will likely be finalized as soon as next month at a board meeting. Sony, thus far, made no official statement on this matter.