Collected Item: “International Businessman Oral History, 2020/11/29”
Title
International Businessman Oral History 2020/11/29
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Peter Klopcic
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Max (pseudonym)
Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.
pklopcic@asu.edu
If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.
Arizona State University
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
America, China, business, technology, lockdown, politics, history, family
What is the format of your recording?
Audio
In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.
Interviewee chooses not to share location
What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*
Male
What is the age of the interviewee?
65 to 74
How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*
Interviewee chooses not to self-identify
Describe the oral history.
IMPORTANT NOTE: My professor, Dr. Blake Jones, approved of the anonymity of my interview subject. My subject is highly private and wishes to maintain that anonymity for business and personal reasons.
Max is a businessman from the United States. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business and holds
an M.B.A. He has been conducting business in the electronics industry for over 40 years. He has
a wife, adult children, and dogs. Max has been heavily involved in Asian markets in his business
for multiple decades. He was a vital part of the explosion of Japanese electronics onto the
American market in the 1980's, the rapid introduction of the Internet in the 1990's, and has most
recently been working to implement the next generation of lighting displays for consumer
electronics. Max’s life and work has been one that has been vital to the development of the
world’s technological progress in the past 40 years, although he is not a household name. Max
has lived through multiple important events and has a unique perspective on all of them as a
businessman, agent of free enterprise, and average American providing for his family. He holds
several unique opinions on current events and is not afraid to state them plainly. In this
interview, he reflects on the difficulties and silver linings that COVID-19 has thrown at him in
his work and personal life.
Max is a businessman from the United States. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business and holds
an M.B.A. He has been conducting business in the electronics industry for over 40 years. He has
a wife, adult children, and dogs. Max has been heavily involved in Asian markets in his business
for multiple decades. He was a vital part of the explosion of Japanese electronics onto the
American market in the 1980's, the rapid introduction of the Internet in the 1990's, and has most
recently been working to implement the next generation of lighting displays for consumer
electronics. Max’s life and work has been one that has been vital to the development of the
world’s technological progress in the past 40 years, although he is not a household name. Max
has lived through multiple important events and has a unique perspective on all of them as a
businessman, agent of free enterprise, and average American providing for his family. He holds
several unique opinions on current events and is not afraid to state them plainly. In this
interview, he reflects on the difficulties and silver linings that COVID-19 has thrown at him in
his work and personal life.
On what date did you record this oral history?
2020-11-29