Kakutarō Kitashiro
Kakutarō Kitashiro was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 21st, 1944 and is the Japanese Businessperson. At the age of 80, Kakutarō Kitashiro biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kitashiro started to work for IBM Japan in April 1967 as a systems engineer trainee in the public sector branch office in Tokyo. In 1970, he obtained Japan's overseas scholarship and studied at the graduate engineering school of University of California at Berkeley, earning an MS degree in 1972. Returning to Japan, he worked at IBM's branch offices and, from 1981, became the development manager of the then important banking project in the Marketing Division.
In 1983, Kita-san, as he was called when speaking in English at IBM, moved to Armonk, New York, and worked as an administrative assistant to John Opel, CEO of IBM Corporation for one year. Back in Japan, he was elected on the board of directors of IBM Japan in 1986.
In 1991, he became vice-president of IBM Japan, and, from 1993 to 1999, was the president (CEO), succeeding Takeo Shiina. Kitashiro's presidency was one of the most difficult times for IBM as a whole when Louis Gerstner was brought in, and for IBM Japan because of the increased competition from the Japanese computer manufacturers, backed up by the powerful Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
In 1999, he became President of IBM Asia-Pacific Region, which included IBM's businesses in East Asia (China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, etc.) and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, etc.). From 1999 to 2007, he was the supreme chairperson of IBM Japan, and, since 2017, has been the honorary executive advisor.