Akio Morita
2 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 28, 2025 by David Senra · said 32 times in 3 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2026 8 mentions in 1 episode
2025 24 mentions in 2 episodes 12 per episode
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Sep 28, 2025 positive
Senra: Iconic founders do their best work in their 40s and 50s
“If you look at all of them, Steve Jobs, Enzo Ferrari, Akio Morita, Sam Walton, Estee Lauder, Coco Chanel, Edwin Land, they do their best work when they're much older. And so I would, I thought a lot about that. I'm like, dang, this is like a reoccurring theme …”
Feb 1, 2026 positive
Iovine: Akio Morita's vertical integration at Sony inspired Steve Jobs's Apple strategy
“Marita bought Sony, bought Columbia Records, bought Columbia Pictures. He saw the distribution, the hardware, the software, he saw it all. But Steve took it, not literally, but it was part of the inspiration behind his chain of thinking, right?”