Sony Corporation , commonly referred to as Sony , is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diverse business is focused primarily on the electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services sectors. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional market. Sony is ranked 87th on the 2012 Fortune Global 500 list.
Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and parent company of the Sony Group, which deals with its four operating segments - Electronics (including video games, network services and medical business), Movies, Music and Financial Services. They make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's main business activities include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the US), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Mobile Communications (formerly Sony Ericsson) and Sony Financial. Sony is among the Samsung 20 leaders in semiconductor sales and the third largest TV manufacturer in the world, behind Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.
The Sony Group is a Japanese corporate group that focuses primarily on electronics (such as AV / IT products and components), games (such as PlayStation), entertainment (such as movies and music), and financial services (such as insurance and banking). The group consists of Sony Corporation (holding and electronics), Sony Computer Entertainment (game), Sony Pictures Entertainment (movies), Sony Music Entertainment (music), Sony / ATV Music Publishing (music publishing), Sony Financial Holdings (financial services) and others .
Its founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka derived the name from sonus , the Latin word for sound, and also from the English slang word "sonny", as they considered themselves "sonny boys", a borrowed word into Japanese that in the early fifties were meant smart and imaginative young men.
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