Other visitors include Sony Chairman Nobuyuki Idei, U.S. investor and philanthropist George Soros and U.N.
Chairman Nobuyuki Idei promised a 10% cut in the work force a year ago.
Idei talks about creating a new family of independent entrepreneurial companies within Sony.
This post was written by Yas Idei, a freelance journalist living in Tokyo and longtime friend of mine.
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Idei has now assumed a long-range strategy role, giving day-to-day control to President Ando, the 58-year-old former chief of the bread-and-butter electronics division.
Other visitors include Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) Chairman Nobuyuki Idei, U.S. investor and philanthropist George Soros and U.N.
Among the 1, 300 business leaders at the forum will be Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Douglas Daft of Coca Cola, Nobuyuki Idei of Sony and Carly Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard.
Unlike the beleaguered presidents at Nissan or Hitachi, Mr Idei does not yet have a crisis on his hands, which means that he can undertake his restructuring at a sensible pace.
"In our electronics division, with strength in audiovideo products, a recovery in semiconductors and components, and structural reforms, we are making steady progress in improving profitability, " Sony chief executive officer Nobuyuki Idei said in a statement.
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