Nozomu Matsumoto

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Matsumoto".

Nozomu Matsumoto (松本望, Matsumoto Nozomu^?, 1905–1988) was a Japanese businessman who was the founder of the Pioneer Corporation. He was born in Kobe, Japan in 1905, the son of a Christian missionary. In 1936, he founded the Fukuin Shokai Denki Seisakusho company in Osaka, whose name roughly translates to "Blessed Sound Electric Company" or "Gospel Electric Company", owing to Matsumoto's Christian faith and belief that his electronic products could help in missionary works. In 1937 he created the A-8 speaker which he christened 'Pioneer'. Matsumoto relocated to Tokyo in 1938 and started a small factory which repaired radios and speakers. After the war the company expanded rapidly and in 1961 the name was changed to Pioneer Electronic Corporation, and it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Matsumoto died in 1988 at the age of 83.

External links

• http://www.silverpioneer.netfirms.com/components.htm
• http://www.answers.com/topic/pioneer-electronic-corporation?cat=biz-fin

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Name	Matsumoto, Nozumu
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Date of birth	May 2,1905
Place of birth	Kobe
Date of death	July 15,1988
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