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Sony announced on Wednesday that Kazui Hirai is being appointed as its president and CEO, effective April 1. Current Chairman, CEO and President Howard Stringer will become the chairman of the board of directors in June. Sony has had a turbulent year, so a switch in leadership might help the company find a smoother road.
There has been plenty of evidence that shareholders, to say nothing of customers, have been unhappy with RIM’s direction in the last few years. They have been calling for new leadership, new strategy, new products — new something. This week, a management shakeup seemed to grant that wish. RIM’s former coCEOs and cochairs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are no longer in those positions.
Research In Motion announced a change in management over the weekend, but it got the cold shoulder from Wall Street on Monday. RIM’s former coCEOs and cochairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie no longer hold those positions. Thorsten Heins is the company’s new president and CEO. He was also appointed to RIM’s board of directors.
Yahoo cofounder and former CEO Jerry Yang has left the company in the wake of pressure from shareholders and the appointment of a new CEO earlier this month. Yang announced his departure from all positions at Yahoo on Tuesday. Following the announcement, speculation grew that a general housecleaning at the top is pending.
It has been a rocky week for the medical news website WebMD, and it appears that the remainder of 2012 may be equally tumultuous. On Tuesday, WebMD CEO Wayne T. Gattinella resigned, and the company announced it was not looking for a buyer after all. It informed shareholders that 2012 revenue could clock in at 2 percent to 8 percent below 2011′s revenue.