Born: 25-Apr-1933
Birthplace: England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Occupation: Business

Nationality: Japan
Executive summary: CEO of Fuji Xerox, Ltd.

In a 2004 speech Kobayashi was very critical of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi whose repeated visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 15 Class-A Japanese war criminals among others, have caused much concern in the People's Republic of China.

Father: Setsutaro Kobayashi (first president of Fuji-Xerox)

    University: BA Economics, Keio University, Tokyo (1956)
    University: MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1958)
    Administrator: Chairman, International University of Japan
    Administrator: Trustee, Keio University, Tokyo
    Administrator: Trustee, University of Pennsylvania

    Fuji Xerox CEO (1978-2006)
    Fuji Xerox President (1978-92)
    Fuji Xerox EVP (1976-78)
    Fuji Xerox (1963-76)
    Fuji Photo Film (1958-63)
    Member of the Board of ABB (1996)
    Member of the Board of Callaway Golf (1998-)
    Member of the Board of Fuji Xerox Chairman (1999-2006)
    Member of the Board of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (1999-)
    Member of the Board of Sony (2005-)
    Member of the Board of Xerox (1987-?)
    Booz Allen Hamilton Advisory Board
    JP Morgan Chase International Council
    American Productivity & Quality Center Board of Directors
    Aspen Institute Chairman, Aspen Institute Japan
    Council on Foreign Relations International Advisory Board
    Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman
    Trilateral Commission Pacific Asian Chairman
    Japanese Ancestry

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