TOKYO -- Tadashi Sasaki, Sharp's inspirational former vice president who turned the company into a global electronics powerhouse, died on Jan. 31 at the age of 102.
Sasaki, also known as "Rocket Sasaki," was a shrewd business leader who believed in co-creation, a philosophy that was evident in his close mentoring of entrepreneurial luminaries such as Apple's Steve Jobs and Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group.