Key facts
- Born
- April 11, 1908 ( 1908-04-11 ) , Nikkō , Empire of Japan
- Died
- December 19, 1997 (1997-12-19) (aged 89), Tokyo , Japan
- Education
- Waseda University
- Known for
- Co-founder of Sony
- Spouse
- Sekiko Maeda ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 , divorced )
- Children
- 2 daughters, 1 son
- Awards
- IEEE Founders Medal (1972)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Nikkō-shi
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Waseda University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Award
- Bronze Wolf Award
- Image
- Ibuka Masaru.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-04-11
- date of death
- 1997-12-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- National Academy of Engineering
- name in kana
- いぶか まさる
- name in native language
- 井深 大
- cause of death
- heart failure
- partner in business or sport
- Akio Morita
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru; April 11, 1908 – December 19, 1997) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, along with Akio Morita.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Masaru Ibuka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.