Year
 |
Age
|
Kazuo Inamori's Personal History
|
Historical Events
|
| 1951 |
19 |
| Enrolled at Kagoshima University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry |
 |
|
San
Francisco Peace Treaty signed, officially ending WWII |
| 1954 |
22 |
| During time of job scarcity, offered employment at Shofu Industries upon recommendation
from professor |
|
|
|
| 1955 |
23 |
| Upon graduating from Kagoshima University, formally joined Shofu Industries, an insulator manufacturer in
Kyoto |
 |
|
Home appliance boom in Japan — televisions
and washing machines enjoy enormous popularity |
| Began work on developing new ceramics |
|
|
| 1958 |
26 |
| Resigned from Shofu Industries due to disagreement on technological
development policy with a technical director |
|
|
Japanese television sales exceed
one million units |
| Decided to create new company with support from former manager,
Masaji Aoyama, and Aoyama's friends Ichie Nishieda and Tamotsu Majikawa |
|
|
| 1959 |
27 |
| Established Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. |
 |
|
Cuban Revolution |
| 1961 |
29 |
| Established Kyocera Management Rationale after struggling
with, and settling, collective bargaining demands of recent high-school-graduate
employees |
|
|
|
| 1962 |
30 |
| First overseas business trip to the United States |
|
|
Cuban Missile Crisis |
| 1963 |
31 |
| Established Shiga plant (currently Shiga Gamo plant) in Shiga
Prefecture, Japan |
 |
|
Assassination of President Kennedy |
| 1966 |
34 |
Large order of alumina substrates for ICs from IBM;
Assumed presidency of Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. |
|
|
Cultural Revolution in China |
| 1969 |
37 |
| Established Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture for multilayer
ceramic IC packages |
 |
|
Apollo 11 moon landing |
| Established Kyocera International, Inc. in the United States |
|
|
| 1971 |
39 |
| Listed on Osaka Stock Exchange, Second Section and Kyoto
Stock Exchange |
 |
|
|
| 1972 |
40 |
| Established Kokubu plant in Kagoshima Prefecture |
 |
|
Normalization of diplomatic relations between
Japan and China |
| 1975 |
43 |
| Established Japan Solar Energy Corp. (JSEC), a joint venture
among Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.(currently Panasonic Corp.), Sharp
Corporation, Mobile Oil Corporation and Tyco Laboratories, Inc. for development of solar cells |
 |
|
1973 Oil Crisis |
| 1976 |
44 |
| Issued ADRs on New York Stock Exchange |
 |
|
Vietnam Unification Declaration |
| 1979 |
47 |
| Establishment of Trident Corp. (electronic equipments manufacturer) and acquisition of Cybernet Corp. (telecommunication equipments manufacturer) |
|
|
1979 Energy Crisis |
