Ken Kutaragi, born in 1950, is the former Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), known as the “Father of PlayStation”. Kutaragi joined Sony Corp. in 1975, and established SCEI in 1993. His creation of PlayStation®, PlayStation®2, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®3 led game industry into a global mainstream industry. Kutaragi has been a director of Sony Corp. from 2000 to 2005, and served as COO from 2003 to 2005. Subsequently, Kutaragi served as an outside director for several listed companies, including Rakuten, KADOKAWA, SmartNews, and GA Technologies. More recently, he became the Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Information Science at KINDAI University. He is currently the CEO Representative Director of Ascent Robotics, and CEO and President of Cyber AI Entertainment.
At Game Republic New Horizons, Ken will be providing a keynote in an interview with Chris Dring, Editor-in-Chief of The Game Business. He will also be doing a Meet and Greet session