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Akio Morita had the gift of incandescence. People observing him in action were left with an impression that he lit up a room with his presence. He also possessed the rare ability to leave everyone who met him, however fleetingly, with the impression that they were his close friend.

To the influential Americans and Europeans who knew Morita over time--and they were legion--he was a striking contrast to the "typical" Japanese businessmen they encountered in their professional lives.

Morita seemed neither reticent, uncomfortable, aloof, nor inscrutable.

Morita akio biography of barack obama

On the contrary, he was a dynamo of dazzling energy, gregarious, fun-loving and, most appealingly, to all appearances, very like themselves. In the words of Peter Peterson, chairman of the Blackstone Group, "When it came time for Akio to do business in the United States, whether it was joint ventures, or licensing or whatever, he could pick up the phone and talk to almost any businessman in America.

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