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Sony Group Corporation
Headquarters in Minato, Tokyo
Native name
ソニーグループ株式会社
Romanized name
Sonī Gurūpu Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (1946–1957)
Sony Corporation (1958–2021)[a][1]
Company type
Public
Traded as
TYO: 6758
NYSE: SONY
Nikkei 225 component (6758)
TOPIX Core30 component (6758)
ISIN
JP3435000009
Industry
Conglomerate
Founded
7 May 1946; 78 years ago (1946-05-07) Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan[2]
Founders
Masaru Ibuka
Akio Morita
Headquarters
Kōnan,
Minato, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kenichiro Yoshida (chairman and CEO)
Hiroki Totoki (president and COO)
Products
Cameras
Computer hardware
Consumer electronics
Films
Music
Robots
Semiconductors
Telecommunications equipment
TV shows
Video games
Services
Advertising agency
Banking
Credit finance
Financial services
Insurance
Network services
Revenue
¥11.540 trillion (FY2022)
Operating income
¥1.208 trillion (FY2022)
Net income
¥943.622 billion (FY2022)
Total assets
¥32.041 trillion (FY2022)
Total equity
¥7.288 trillion (FY2022)
Number of employees
113,000[3] (2023)
Subsidiaries
Sony Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Music Japan
Sony Corporation
Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Sony Storage Media Solutions
Sony Global Solutions
Sony Financial Group
Sony Corporation of America
Website
sony.com
Footnotes / references Financials as of fiscal year ended 31 March 2021[update]. References:[4][5]
Sony Group Corporation (ソニーグループ株式会社, Sonī, /ˈsoʊni/SOH-nee), formerly known as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (東京通信工業株式会社, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation) and Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社), commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.[6] The Sony Group comprises entities such as Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Sony Entertainment (including Sony Pictures and Sony Music Group), Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Financial Group, and others.
Sony was established in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. This electronics company, known for creating products such as the transistor radio TR-55, the home video tape recorder CV-2000, the portable audio player Walkman, and the compact disc player CDP-101, embarked on diverse business ventures. In 1988, Sony acquired CBS Records, and in 1989, it acquired Columbia Pictures. The company also introduced the home video game console PlayStation. In Japan, Sony expanded into the financial sector. In 2021, Sony transformed into a holding company, handing over the name Sony Corporation to its subsidiary electronics company.
Sony, with its 55 percent market share in the image sensor market, is the largest manufacturer of image sensors, the second largest camera manufacturer, and is among the semiconductor sales leaders.[7][8][9] It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market for a television of at least 55 inches (140 centimeters) with a price higher than $2,500 as well as second largest TV brand by market share and, as of 2020, the third largest television manufacturer in the world by annual sales figures.[10][11][12][13]
Sony has a weak tie[clarification needed] to the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) corporate group, the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu.[14] Sony is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (in which it is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core30 indexes) with an additional listing in the form of American depositary receipts listed in the New York Stock Exchange (traded since 1970, making it the oldest Japanese company to be listed in an American exchange), and was ranked 88th on the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list.[15] In 2023, the company was ranked 57th in the Forbes Global 2000.[16]
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^"Top 20 semiconductor sales leaders for Q1 2016". www.electronicspecifier.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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^"2019 Market Share Data Shows Canon and Sony Growing, Nikon Shrinking | PetaPixel". petapixel.com. 2020-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
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^Alekseenko, Artem (2021-03-04). "LG and Sony Led OLED TV Gains in Advanced TV Market in Q4". DisplayDaily. Archived from the original on 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
^"How Samsung fell behind Sony and LG in the premium TV market". Reuters. 2018-05-02. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
^Morck, R. K.; Nakamura, M. (2005). "A Frog in a Well Knows Nothing of the Ocean: A History of Corporate Ownership in Japan" (PDF). In Morck, Randall K. (ed.). A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers. University of Chicago Press. pp. 367–466. ISBN 0-226-53680-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-05-09.
^"Sony 2020 Global 500 – Fortune". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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