Months after Sony Corp. bought So-net, the broadband provider¡¯s chief chided Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai for having his ¡°priorities in the wrong order.¡±
He told Hirai his focus should be on restructuring the struggling electronics conglomerate rather than spending time and effort buying a firm it had previously spun off, said a person familiar with the exchange.
That was two years ago and Hirai was sufficiently impressed to hire Kenichiro Yoshida as Sony¡¯s chief strategy officer. Within a matter of months, Yoshida was promoted to chief financial officer.
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