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Western Culture
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The Top
100 Heroes of Western Culture
These individuals have most contributed to replacing
ignorance with knowledge, savagery with civilization,
disease with health, tyranny with liberty, poverty
with abundance, and despair with happiness.
#96: Akio Morita (1921-1999)
Akio Morita (1921-1999) was co-founder of Sony Corporation.
His Sony brand became one of the best known brands in the world
because it stood for unprecedented quality and innovation.
Sony products have benefited and continue to benefit millions
of people around the globe by giving them endless hours of enjoyment.
With Sony's introduction of the transistor radio in the 1950s, the
era of electronic miniaturization of consumer products was introduced.
Portable electronics allowed for personal empowerment and would
improve and enhance daily life forever.
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