Nikkei is reporting that Sony will be promoting current Executive Deputy President Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai to president as soon as April, while Howard Stringer remains chairman and CEO of the company. As you may recall, Sony started its search for a new president as far back as November 2010, so it isn’t surprising that Kaz, who was promoted to his current title just in April last year (as well as assuming the position of Sony Computer Entertainment Chairman in September), is the chosen candidate to help lighten Sir Howard’s workload. It’ll be a while before we see the consequence of this promotion, and anything can happen between now and the board meeting as early as next month to seal the deal; but here’s hoping that under Kaz, Sony will go easy on all these new memory card formats .
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Sony’s Kaz Hirai to step up as president as early as April
