Sir Howard Stringer

Sir Howard Stringer (born February 19, 1942) is a Welsh-born American businessman and the chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation.

Sony

Stringer began work at Sony in May 1997 as president of their US business (Sony Corporation of America). He was made a Sony group executive officer in May 1998.

Since June 2005, he has been chairman and CEO of Sony overseeing the entire businesses of Sony, including its media and electronics subsidiaries such as the Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Financial Holdings. On April 1, 2009, he became president of Sony Corporation and ousted Ryoji Chubachi in what was seen as prelude to broader corporate restructuring. Stringer also serves as executive chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation of America. He has been president of Sony Broadband Entertainment Corporation since March 2000.

Career

Stringer had a 30-year career at CBS, where he was a journalist, producer and senior executive. He 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.

[edit]Highlights of his career at CBS

Executive producer of "CBS Reports" (1976–1981)

Executive producer of "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" (1981–1984)

President of CBS News (1986–1988)

President of CBS, Inc. (1988–1995)

He won nine Emmys at CBS for the following programs: "The Rockefellers", "The Palestinians", "A Tale Of Two Irelands", "The Defense Of The United States", "The Boat People", "The Boston Goes To China", "The Fire Next Door", and "The CIA's Secret Army.

TELE-TV

Sir Howard Stringer left CBS in 1995 to set up TELE-TV, a media and technology company formed by US telecoms Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis, and Creative Artists Agency in February 1995. He left two years later to join Sony.

Personal life

Stringer was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Marjorie Mary (née Pook), a Welsh schoolteacher and coal trimmer, and Harry Stringer, an English sergeant in the Royal Air Force. He emigrated to the United States in 1965, and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Stringer became a naturalized citizen in 1985 and now holds dual US-UK citizenship. His younger brother, Rob Stringer, is chairman of Sony Music Label Group. In 1978, Stringer married Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson. They have two children.

Awards and honors

He received the U.S. Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement while serving in the Republic of Vietnam.

He earned nine Emmys from 1974 to 1976 as a writer, director and producer.

In 1996, he was awarded the First Amendment Leadership Award by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.

In 1996, he was also inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.

In May 1999, he received the UJA-Federation of New York's Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award.

In November 1999, he was inducted into the Royal Television Society's Welsh Hall of Fame.

On December 31, 1999 he received the title of Knight Bachelor from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

In February 2007, the Museum of Television and Radio awarded him with its Visionary Award for Innovative Leadership in Media and Entertainment.

He has been honored by Lincoln Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the New York Hall of Science.

He received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Glamorgan in Wales and University of the Arts London.

In 2000, he received an honorary fellowship from Merton College, Oxford.

In 2001, he received an honorary fellowship from Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.