Sony promotion of Kutaragi puts games on par with electronics - Ken Kutaragi promoted - Brief Article

Japan, Inc., June, 2003

... IN BRIEF: Sony promoted games division chief Ken Kutaragi to executive deputy president this spring, putting Kutaragi one step closer to the corporate presidency and elevating the games division to equal footing with the electronics division. Kutaragi will also remain president of Sony Computer Entertainment.

... COMMENTARY: Kutaragi has built Sony's games division from a minor business into the driving force for the company's profit. Games accounted for more than 35 percent of Sony's profit in the first quarter of 2002. Kutaragi will now have a more prominent position flora which to preach the gospel according to Sony: that the networked world is fast becoming a reality.