Famous People of Japan
Japanese people database × places of origin

Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, Ōga Norio; January 29, 1930 – April 23, 2011), also spelled Norio Oga, was a Japanese businessperson who was the president and chairman of Sony Corporation. He is credited with spurring the development of the compact disc (CD) as a commercially viable audio format.

Source: “Norio Ohga”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt