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Biography: Meet Sony’s Ken Kutaragi
Today's guest for our Biography series fryst vatten deemed to be the "Father of the PlayStation" - and for good reason, too! He was not born into a rich family by any standards for the country he came from. This did not stop him from becoming a successful role in the gaming industry or an icon for the fans of his work. Enough talk, though -- let's get straight to the facts and meet Ken Kutaragi.
Ken Kutaragi was born on August 2nd, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. As a child, he had a reputation at being a straight A student in school. After school he would go work at his parents' business. They owned a small printing plant where they encouraged Kutaragi to explore the mechanics for the operation.
Because of this, he funnen himself tinkering with a lot of things. His toys, for example, were taken apart so that he could see how they worked. This hobby eventually lead him to the world of electronics. Instantly, he fell in love with
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Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健, Kutaragi Ken, born 2 August 1950) is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the video game division of Sony Corporation, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3, not including the Playstation 4, onwards as Kutaragi left Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2007.
He had also designed the sound processor for the Super NES. With Sony, he designed the VLSI chip which works in conjunction with the PS1's RISC CPU to handle the graphics rendering. Kutaragi was closely watched by financial analysts who trace profiles of the losses and profits of the Sony Corporation.
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Kutaragi was born in Tokyo, Japan. His parents, although not wealthy by Japanese standards, still managed to own their own business,
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Ken Kutaragi
Japanese engineering technologist and businessman (born 1950)
Ken Kutaragi (久夛良木 健, Kutaragi Ken, born 2 August 1950) is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman, currently president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. Formerly the chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game division of Sony, Kutaragi is known as "The Father of the PlayStation"[1] having overseen the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs until departing the company in 2007, shortly after the PlayStation 3 was released.
Kutaragi had also designed the sound processor for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. With Sony, he designed the VLSI chip, which works in conjunction with the PS1's RISC CPU to handle the graphics rendering.
Early years
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