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Sony Group Corporation [c] (formerly Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. [d] and Sony Corporation [e]) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate 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 is also the company that produced the first color video camera using a CCD, the XC-1. The Sony Mavica, released in 1981, is a prototype of the world's first commercial electronic still camera. Sony played a significant role in the tech industry in the second half of the 20th century alongside Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
In 1961, Sony Corporation was the first Japanese company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in the form of American depositary receipts (ADRs). In March 1968, Morita set up a joint venture in Japan between Sony and CBS Records, with him as president, to manufacture "software" for Sony's hardware. [9]
The company developed magnetic recording tape and sold the first tape recorder in Japan in 1950. The company was renamed “Sony” in 1958, a name derived from the Latin word “sonus,” meaning ...
Masaru Ibuka was born on April 11, 1908, as the first son of Tasuku Ibuka, an architectural technologist and a student of Inazo Nitobe. [4] His ancestral family were chief retainers of the Aizu Domain, and his relatives include Yae Ibuka and Ibuka Kajinosuke.
Sony is the tenth largest foreign direct investor in the United States, with investments worth more than $90 billion. [11] In 2021, more than half of Sony Corporation's revenue came from companies based in the United States. [12] Sony Interactive Entertainment headquarters in San Mateo, California
Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY) disclosed a strategic capital and business alliance with KADOKAWA CORPORATION. As per the deal, KADOKAWA will conduct a third-party allotment to Sony on January ...
Sony logo. Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony (Japanese: ソニー・グループ株式会社, Sonī Gurūpu Kabushiki Kaisha) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates.