Osamu Nagayama (born April 21, 1947) was the chairman and chief executive officer of

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. is a drug manufacturer operating in Japan. It is a subsidiary controlled by Hoffmann-La Roche, which owns 62% of the company as of 30 June 2014. The company is headquartered in Tokyo. Osamu Nagayama is the current representative director and c ...

, one of Japan's largest drug companies. He served as chairman of the board of directors of

Sony Corporation , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

from 2013 to 2019. In July 2020, Nagayama was announced as the new chairman of Japanese electronics company

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. In June 2021, Nagayama was ousted from his position as chairman of Toshiba following a shareholder revolt. Nagayama is Japanese. He obtained his bachelor's degree from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

in 1971, where he studied in the Faculty of Business and Commerce. He began his professional career in 1971 at the

Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan , abbreviated LTCB in English and in Japanese, was founded in 1952 under the direction of the Shigeru Yoshida government to provide long-term financing to various industries in Japan. Along with the Industrial Bank of Japan and the Nippon Kangyo ...

. He joined Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., in November 1978."NOTICE OF CONVOCATION OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE BUSINESS TERM ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007"
/ref> Nagayama is a member of the board of directors of the

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(ICMEC), a global nonprofit organization that combats

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, and

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External links

Osamu Nagayama bio – Roche
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagayama, Osamu Living people Sony people Japanese businesspeople Keio University alumni 1947 births