Sony Corporation (1958)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sony
gptkbp:category multinational conglomerate
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:division gptkb:Sony_Music
gptkb:Sony_Interactive_Entertainment
gptkb:Sony_Electronics
gptkb:Sony_Financial_Holdings
gptkb:Sony_Pictures
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Akio_Morita
gptkb:Masaru_Ibuka
gptkbp:foundedYear 1946
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Minato,_Tokyo,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sony Corporation (1958)
gptkbp:incorporatedInYear 1958
gptkbp:industry electronics
entertainment
financial services
gaming
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Kazuo_Hirai
gptkb:Kenichiro_Yoshida
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:Fortune_Global_500
gptkbp:logo Sony logo.svg
gptkbp:motto Be Moved
gptkbp:netIncome over $8 billion (2023)
gptkbp:notableEvent acquired Columbia Pictures in 1989
acquired EMI Music Publishing in 2018
launched PlayStation in 1994
introduced Walkman in 1979
introduced first transistor radio in Japan
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Trinitron
gptkb:Walkman
gptkb:Xperia
gptkb:PlayStation
gptkb:BRAVIA
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 100,000
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.sony.com/
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Sony_Group_Corporation
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tokyo_Tsushin_Kogyo
gptkbp:revenue over $80 billion (2023)
gptkbp:servesArea worldwide
gptkbp:slogan make.believe
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
gptkb:Tokyo_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:6758_(TSE)
SONY (NYSE)
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Sony_Group_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sony_Group_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5