Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, encompassing electronics, imaging and sensors, film and television, music and video game businesses. Founded in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, it adopted the Sony name in 1958 and became known worldwide for products including the Trinitron television, the Walkman portable audio player and the PlayStation game console.
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Company TypeMultinational conglomerate 2 Founded Year Headquarters Company Type
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Associated With
PlayStation is made and sold by Sony.
Source Wikipedia, 2011 PlayStation Network Outage
The Sony Walkman was made by Sony.
Companies Founded
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Companies Led
Source Masaru Ibuka (Wikipedia)
Source Norio Ohga (Wikipedia)
Founded By
Akio Morita co-founded Sony (originally Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo) with Masaru Ibuka in 1946.
Led By
Morita co-founded Sony and served as its president from 1971, then as chairman until 1994.
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Related Corporate Events
Source Wikipedia, 2011 PlayStation Network Outage
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Developed
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CLEFIA is a proprietary block cipher algorithm, developed by Sony.
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1. Wikidata: Sony
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- Operates In: Electronics Industry, Wikidata P452 industry claim
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Sony Group Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered at the Sony City building in Minato, Tokyo.
Wikipedia, 2011 PlayStation Network Outage
Wikipedia- Associated With: Sony PlayStation Network Data Breach
- Related Corporate Events: Sony PlayStation Network Data Breach
View the Source Norio Ohga (Wikipedia)
Companies Led: Norio Ohga, Biography, Later careerQuote, Companies Led: Norio Ohga, Biography, Later career
He was made the president of Sony in 1982, and the CEO of Sony in 1989.
Masaru Ibuka (Wikipedia)
Companies Founded: Masaru Ibuka, Lead sentence
co-founder of Sony, along with Akio Morita
Companies Led: Masaru Ibuka, Career
Ibuka served as president of Sony from 1950 to 1971, and then served as chairman of Sony from 1971 until he retired in 1976.
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