Kazuhiro Tsuga is the current President of
Panasonic
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Osaka P ...
.
Early life and education
Tsuga studied at
Osaka University
, abbreviated as , is a public research university located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's former Imperial Universities and a Designated National University listed as a "Top Type" university in the Top Global University Project. ...
and graduated in 1979 with a B.S. in bioengineering.
He immediately joined the workforce, and obtained a M.S. in computer science
from the
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...
in 1986 through a company sponsorship.
Panasonic
Tsuga first joined
Panasonic
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Osaka P ...
, then named Matsushita Electric, in 1979. With a background in research and development, Tsuga's first executive management position came in 2008.
He was elevated to President of
Panasonic
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Osaka P ...
on June 27, 2012, taking over for
Fumio Ōtsubo
was the President of Panasonic. He also serves as a member of the board of Teijin
Early life
Fumio Ōtsubo was born in 1945 in Osaka, Japan, where he attended the Kansai University.
Career
Fumio Ōtsubo began his career with Panasonic
...
. Otsubo, before being replaced, racked up losses of 750 billion yen. Mr. Tsuga focused on returning Panasonic to profitability, highlighted by cutting 10% of the workforce in addition to re-prioritizing Panasonic's business strategy.
References
External links
Panasonic biography
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University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)