Originally Posted by Asahiflex
Rubbish. Fumio Urano is still the 'big boss' of Pentax (officially Chairman of the Board). In case you do not know him: he's the designer of the Pentax LX, the best camera of its time (even better than the Canon F1 and Nikon F3). If there's someone who will protect Pentax from the gutter and ensuring the production of top-notch cameras then it will be him.
FYI Fumio Urano is no longer on the board, having tendered his resignation. He may have developed the LX but under his watch Pentax went downhill with their range of so-so film and AF cameras and were late in DSLRs.