Sony Corporation
Entertainment company
Sony Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Wikipedia
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Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, TKY, Japan
CEO: Kazuo Hirai
Founded: May 7, 1946
Founders: Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita
Nominations: Golden Joystick Award for Publisher of the Year
Native name
ソニー株式会社
Type
Public
Traded as
TYO: 6758
NYSE: SNE
Industry
Conglomerate
Founded
7 May 1946[1] (as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo)
1958 (as Sony)
Founder(s)
Masaru Ibuka
Akio Morita
Headquarters
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Osamu Nagayama
(Chairman of the Board)
Kazuo Hirai
(President & CEO)
Products
Consumer electronics
Semiconductors
Video games
Media/Entertainment
Computer hardware
Telecom equipment
Services
Financial services, insurance, banking, credit finance and advertising agency
Revenue
US$ 72.349 billion (2013)[2]
Operating income
US$ 2.448 billion (2013)[2]
Net income
US$ 458 million (2013)[2]
Total assets
US$ 151.131 billion (2013)[2]
Total equity
US$ 28.523 billion (2013)[2]
Employees
146,300 (2013)[3]
Subsidiaries
List of subsidiaries
Website
Sony.net
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (SPT) is an American television production/distribution that operates internationally. Based in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. SPT is the owner and international distributor of shows originally produced by such companies as Tandem Productions, ELP Communications, Barris Industries, Stewart Tele Enterprises, and 2waytraffic, and also operates the networks AXN, Animax, and Sony Entertainment Television.
Background[edit]
SPT owns and distributes the shows from Tandem Productions, ELP Communications