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Stringer began work at Sony in May 1997 as president of its US operational unit ([[Sony Corporation of America]]). He was made a Sony group executive officer in May 1998.<ref name="GRIFFITHS2004"/> |
Stringer began work at Sony in May 1997 as president of its US operational unit ([[Sony Corporation of America]]). He was made a Sony group executive officer in May 1998.<ref name="GRIFFITHS2004"/> |
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Since 22 June 2005, he served as Chairman of Sony, overseeing businesses such as [[Sony Computer Entertainment]], [[Sony Music Entertainment]], [[Sony Electronics]], [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] and [[Sony Financial Holdings]], |
Since 22 June 2005, he served as Chairman of Sony, overseeing businesses such as [[Sony Computer Entertainment]], [[Sony Music Entertainment]], [[Sony Electronics]], [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] and [[Sony Financial Holdings]], succeeding [[Nobuyuki Idei]].<ref name="NYT2005">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/business/worldbusiness/sonys-chief-pledges-to-halt-company-slide.html |title=Sony's Chief Pledges to Halt Company Slide |access-date= 24 November 2022 |last=Zaun |first= Todd |publisher= New York Times |date= 23 June 2005}}</ref> On 1 April 2009, he became president of Sony Corporation and ousted [[Ryoji Chubachi]] in what was seen as prelude to broader corporate restructuring.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=abG3HJOvfta0&refer=asia |title=Sony's CEO Stringer Ousts Chubachi in Overhaul of Management |access-date=27 February 2009 |last1=Suzuki |first1=Hiroshi |last2=Kondo |first2=Masaki |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date=27 February 2009 }}</ref> Stringer also served as executive chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation of America, and as president of Sony Broadband Entertainment Corporation since March 2000.<ref name=bweek1 /> |
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Stringer was promoted to the company's top position as the corporation overall was having trouble with losses and was facing increasing competition from rivals such as [[Samsung]], [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]], [[Apple Inc.]] and [[Panasonic]].<ref name="NYT2005" /> With his experience primarily in the media industry, Stringer was responsible for the media business of Sony in the U.S. by overseeing the release of the [[Spider-Man]] film series, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/28sony.html |title=Howard Stringer, Sony's Road Warrior |access-date= 24 November 2022 |last1=Siklos |first1= Richard |last2=Fackler |first2=Martin |publisher= New York Times |date= 28 May 2006}}</ref> |
Stringer was promoted to the company's top position as the corporation overall was having trouble with losses and was facing increasing competition from rivals such as [[Samsung]], [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]], [[Apple Inc.]] and [[Panasonic]].<ref name="NYT2005" /> With his experience primarily in the media industry, Stringer was responsible for the media business of Sony in the U.S. by overseeing the release of the [[Spider-Man]] film series, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/28sony.html |title=Howard Stringer, Sony's Road Warrior |access-date= 24 November 2022 |last1=Siklos |first1= Richard |last2=Fackler |first2=Martin |publisher= New York Times |date= 28 May 2006}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 23:26, 19 January 2023
Howard Stringer | |
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Born | |
Education | University of Oxford |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford[1][2] |
Occupation | Non-executive director of the BBC |
Spouse | Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson |
Family | Rob Stringer (brother) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1965–1967 |
Battles / wars | Vietnam War |
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] He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC. He was knighted in 1999.
Early life
Stringer was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Marjorie Mary (née Pook), a Welsh schoolteacher, and Harry Stringer, a sergeant in the Royal Air Force.[4]
His younger brother, Rob Stringer, was president of Sony Music Label Group.[5]
Stringer attended 11 secondary schools by the time he was 16, including Oundle School in Northamptonshire.[1] He received a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford in Modern History.[6]
Career
Stringer moved to the United States in 1965. After working at CBS's flagship station WCBS-TV for six weeks, he was drafted into the United States Army, and served as a military policeman in Saigon for ten months in the Vietnam War.[7][8][9][10] He did not serve in combat, but was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement.
Stringer returned to CBS, where he had a 30-year career. He started in a series of lowly jobs, including answering backstage phones for The Ed Sullivan Show.[11] In 1976, he became executive producer of the documentary series CBS Reports.[12] Then, from 1981 to 1984, he was executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.[12] In 1986, he became president of CBS News as a whole.[12] He then 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.[6]
Tele-TV
Stringer left CBS in 1995 to become CEO of Tele-TV, a newly created media and technology company formed by US telecoms Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Telesis, as well as Creative Artists Agency. Tele-TV represented an early attempt at a video on demand service, which streamed content over the phone network. The company was unsuccessful, and shut down most of its operations in early 1997, after having spent roughly $500 million. Stringer left at that time.[13][14]
Sony
Stringer began work at Sony in May 1997 as president of its US operational unit (Sony Corporation of America). He was made a Sony group executive officer in May 1998.[13]
Since 22 June 2005, he served as Chairman of Sony, overseeing businesses such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Financial Holdings, succeeding Nobuyuki Idei.[15] On 1 April 2009, he became president of Sony Corporation and ousted Ryoji Chubachi in what was seen as prelude to broader corporate restructuring.[16] Stringer also served as executive chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation of America, and as president of Sony Broadband Entertainment Corporation since March 2000.[6]
Stringer was promoted to the company's top position as the corporation overall was having trouble with losses and was facing increasing competition from rivals such as Samsung, Sharp, Apple Inc. and Panasonic.[15] With his experience primarily in the media industry, Stringer was responsible for the media business of Sony in the U.S. by overseeing the release of the Spider-Man film series, among others.[17]
As CEO, Stringer's initial focus was on streamlining Sony's electronics business, such as through its Bravia TV joint venture with Samsung.[18] Stringer was instrumental in arranging Sony's investment in Spotify, which earned Sony a profit of nearly $1 billion upon Sony's partial exit in 2018.[19] Nonetheless, Sony's share price fell by 60 per cent from when Stringer assumed the role of group chairman until his resignation as CEO was announced in 2012, due in part to exchange rates and the effects of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.[20]
On 1 February 2012, Sony announced that Stringer would step down as president and CEO, effective 1 April to be replaced by Kazuo Hirai, executive deputy president and chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment.[21] Stringer relinquished his title of chairman of Sony and became chairman of the board of Sony in June ('Chairman of Sony' and 'Chairman of the Board of Directors' are separate positions at Sony). In June 2013, Stringer retired as chairman of the board of Sony.[22]
While serving as the chief of Sony in Tokyo, Stringer maintained a home in New York while his family lived in England.[18]
In a 2014 speech, Stringer expressed his frustrations with his time at Sony, saying, "Running a big company is like running a cemetery: there are thousands of people beneath you, but no one is listening. It was a bit like that at Sony." He specifically lamented that Sony had a "not invented here" mentality that did not suit an increasingly digital world, and which Stringer was unable to shake off.[23]
Awards and honours
Stringer has received the following awards and honours:[6]
- U.S. Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement during the Vietnam War
- Radio and Television News Directors Foundation's First Amendment Leadership Award, 1996
- Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, 1996
- UJA-Federation of New York's Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award, May 1999
- Royal Television Society Welsh Hall of Fame, November 1999
- Knight Bachelor, from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, December 1999
- Museum of Television and Radio Visionary Award for Innovative Leadership in Media and Entertainment, February 2007
- Merton College, Oxford honorary fellowship, 2000
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama honorary fellowship, 2001
He has also been honoured by Lincoln Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, The New York Hall of Science and The American Theatre Wing, and has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Glamorgan in Wales and University of the Arts London.
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Personal life
In July 1978, String married Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson.[25][7] They have two children.
He became a naturalised American citizen in 1985.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 31 December 1999.
In popular culture
Stringer was portrayed by Peter Jurasik in the 1996 HBO film The Late Shift, about the conflict between Jay Leno and David Letterman during Stringer's tenure at CBS in the early 1990s.
He appeared on the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs in 2013.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Sir Howard Stringer".
- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 535.
- ^ http://www.sony.com/SCA/bios/stringer.shtml, Sony
- ^ Schindehette, Susan (5 April 1993). "Howard Stringer". People. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Sony Music Label Group U.S. gets new chief as top 2 execs resign", USA Today, 1 June 2006
- ^ a b c d "BusinessWeek Executive Profile: Howard Stringer". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Howard Stringer Biography (1942–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ Schindehette, Susan (5 April 1993). "Howard Stringer". People. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Grifiths, Katherine. "Sir Howard Stringer, US Head Of Sony: Sony's knight buys Tinseltown dream." The Independent, 18 September 2004.
- ^ "The Interview: Howard Stringer." The Independent, 21 March 2005.
- ^ Michael Eisner (28 March 2006). "Sony CEO Howard Stringer transcript". MSNBC.
- ^ a b c Biography for Howard Stringer – IMDb
- ^ a b Griffiths, Katherine. "Sir Howard Stringer, US Head Of Sony: Sony's knight buys Tinseltown dream." The Independent, 18 September 2004
- ^ "Bells may shutter Tele-TV". CNNMoney. 6 December 1996.
- ^ a b Zaun, Todd (23 June 2005). "Sony's Chief Pledges to Halt Company Slide". New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Suzuki, Hiroshi; Kondo, Masaki (27 February 2009). "Sony's CEO Stringer Ousts Chubachi in Overhaul of Management". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- ^ Siklos, Richard; Fackler, Martin (28 May 2006). "Howard Stringer, Sony's Road Warrior". New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b Fackler, Martin (28 May 2006). "Howard Stringer, Sony's Road Warrior". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Sony reaps rewards of Stringer legacy with $983m profit on Spotify". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ Orzeck, Kurt (6 January 2012). "Report: Kaz Hirai to Replace Howard Stringer as Sony President". Reuters. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Sony names Kazuo Hirai as President and CEO; Sir Howard Stringer to become Chairman of the Board of Directors". Sony Corporation. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Sony chairman Sir Howard Stringer to retire". BBC News. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ Handel, Jonathan (25 October 2014). "Ex-Sony CEO Howard Stringer on Sony's Failures and Time Inc.'s Big Challenges". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Merton College Oxford, benefactors' arms, 2018". Baz Manning. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Diamond, Edwin (22 August 1988). "Television's New Fall Lineup: the Changing Guard at the Big Three...". New York. 21 (33). New York Media, LLC: 110. ISSN 0028-7369.
External links
- "Howard Stringer biography" – Sony Corporation website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
- Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- American chief executives
- American male journalists
- American military police officers
- United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
- American television producers
- Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
- Paramount Global people
- Knights Bachelor
- People educated at Oundle School
- Businesspeople from Cardiff
- Sony people
- Welsh emigrants to the United States
- International Emmy Founders Award winners
- British chairpersons of corporations
- British chief executives
- Presidents of CBS News
- United States Army soldiers
- Fellows of Merton College, Oxford