Sony Group
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The Sony Group's product portfolio consists of consumer electronics, computer hardware, telecommunications devices, semiconductors, video games, and software[4]. As of 2019, the organization had 114k employees[5].
Key Facts
- Award received: Technical Grammy Award[3]
- Member of: Linux Foundation[4], World Wide Web Consortium[5], Wi-Fi Alliance[6], SD Association[7], Wireless Power Consortium[8]
- Country: Japan[9]
- Instance of: conglomerate[10], public company[11], camera manufacturer[12], multinational corporation[13], business[14]
- Founder: Masaru Ibuka[15], Akio Morita[16]
- Owned by: BlackRock[17], Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management[18], Nomura Asset Management[19]
- Headquarters location: Minato[20]
- Chief executive officer: Kenichiro Yoshida[21]
- Child organization or unit: Sony Mobile Communications[22], Daybreak Game Company[23], Sony Corporation of America[24], Sony Interactive Entertainment[25], Sony Pictures Animation[26], Sony Pictures[27], Sony (United Kingdom)[28], Sony (Germany)[29], Sony (Sweden)[30], Sony (China)[31], Sony España[32], Sony (Taiwan)[33], Sony Canada[34], Sony Music Entertaiment International[35]
- Commons category: Sony[36]
- Stock exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange[37], New York Stock Exchange[38]
- Industry: electronics industry[39], video game industry[40], electrical industry[41]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Sony Group include Sony Center[42], an architectural ensemble[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1996[45] and Antinos Records[46], a business[47], in Japan[48], founded in 1994[49].
Why It Matters
Sony Group has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
It is credited with the discovery of Blu-ray Disc[52], a file format[53], founded in 2006[54]; compact disc[55], a physical media format[56], founded in 1979[57]; CD-R[58]; and Elcaset[59], a magnetic tape cassette format with side-by-side reels[60], founded in 1976[61]. Entities named for it include Sony Center[42], an architectural ensemble[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1996[45] and Antinos Records[46], a business[47], in Japan[48], founded in 1994[49].
FAQs
What awards did Sony Group receive?
Honors received include Technical Grammy Award[3].
What did Sony Group discover?
Sony Group is credited as discoverer of Blu-ray Disc[52], compact disc[55], CD-R[58], and Elcaset[59].