Sony will have a new CEO, Kazuo Hirai becomes chairman

Kenichiro Yoshida (left) and Kazuo Hirai (right) attending a Sony press-conference in 2016.

Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation - Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai, will step down from his position and will become Sony's chairman instead, as of April 1st 2018. Taking his place will be Kenichiro Yoshida - currently Chief Financial Officer of Sony. The news were announced today on Sony's official website.

The proposition for the upcoming change came from Kazuo Hirai himself and is considered somewhat of a surprise, considering his ...