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Sony Corporation
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Type
Public (TYO: 6758; NYSE: SNE)
Founded
May 7, 1946 (adopted current name in 1958) by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita[1]
Headquarters

Minato-ku, Tokyo,
Japan[1]
Key people
Masaru Ibuka: Founder
Akio Morita: Founder
Sir Howard Stringer: Chairman and CEO[1]
Ryoji Chubachi: President and Electronics CEO[1]
Katsumi Ihara: Executive Deputy President[1]
Industry
Consumer electronics, electronics, financial services & media
Products
Consumers electronics (audio visual & gaming)
Professional audio/video equipment
Semiconductors
Computer hardware
Financial services
Film, television, music & game software
others
Revenue
? ?8.2957 trillion YEN ($76.201 billion USD) (2007)[2]
Operating income
?71.75 billion YEN ($608 million USD) (2007)[2]
Net income
?126.328 billion YEN ($1.071 billion USD) (2007)[2]
Employees
163,000 (as of March 31, 2007) [1]
Subsidiaries
Sony Electronics
Sony Computer Entertainment
Sony Ericsson (50%)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony BMG (50%)
Sony Marketing
Sony Life
Sony Assurance
Sony Bank
others
Slogan
like.no.other
Website
www.sony.net
Sony Corporation (???????, Soni Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue of $70.303 billion (as of 2007) based in Minato, Tokyo.[1] Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets, which developed the company into one of the world's richest companies.
Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments — electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson and Sony Financial Holdings. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. The company's slogan is Sony. Like no other.[3]
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