Background
Hirai, Kazuo was born in 1964 in Tokyo.
Hirai, Kazuo was born in 1964 in Tokyo.
Bachelor in Liberal Arts, International Christian University, Tokyo, 1984.
With Columbia Broadcasting System/Sony Inc. (now Sony Music Entertainment Japan), 1984, Sony Music Japan, New York City. Joined Sony Computer Entertainment American, Inc., Foster City, California, since 1995, president, 1996—2006, Chief Executive Officer, 2003—2006, chairman, 2006—2007.
Vice president corporation executive group Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., Tokyo, 2006—2007, president, 2006—2007, group chief operating officer, 2006—2007, chairman, group chief executive, since 2007. President Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, since 2008. President, group Chief Executive Officer Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., since 2009.
Executive vice president, president, Networked Products & Services Group Sony Corporation, since 2009.