Sony Corporation

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Sony Corporation is one of the world's largest companies are still growing until now and have almost all electronic products from small to large. distribution of products can be found in every country in the world, because of good management business.

Incorporated as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo in 1946 by (1921~99) and Ibuka Masaru (1908~97). Changed to its present name in 1958 and grew into Japan's leading manufacturer of audio and visual electronic equipment. The Sony trademark is registered and recognized worldwide. The first Japanese company to offer shares on the US stock market. Creator of such products as the Walkman, the PlayStation and the AIBO, a pet robot dog. The AIBO was available only on the Internet in June 1999, and the limited run sold out in a few hours. Due to huge demand, Sony went through several design changes and sold tens of thousands of the "pets."

In 1972, the company established the Sony Foundation of Science Education, which supports a Japan-US high-school-teacher exchange program. Recently, the Sony Group was divided into companies including Sony Corporation of America, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Electronics, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Online Entertainment. In April 2001, formed Sony Bank Corp, Japan's first Internet bank and the first established by a non-banking sector company.

In 2005, Welshman Howard Stringer became the first non-Japanese CEO as the company found itself with several business sections operating in the red and the brand struggling to maintain its world-leading status. Several months after his appopintment, Stringer announced a major shakeup, with 10,000 job cuts among its 150,000 employees worldwide as part of a 3-year restructuring plan. Headquarters are in Tokyo.
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