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Sony Corporation Company Profile
Many eyes and hands are on Sony -- or, more likely, on its high-profit consumer electronics products and gaming systems. The company makes a host of other items, including digital and video cameras, Walkman stereos, and semiconductors. Sony, one of the world's top media conglomerates, boasts entertainment assets such as music (Sony Music Entertainment), motion pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Digital Production), DVDs (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), and TV programming (Sony Pictures Television). Under the direction of Sir Howard Stringer, the firm's first non-Japanese leader, Sony's realigning its business and shedding some longtime traditions in its effort to right the Sony mother ship.
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Contact Information
Address: 7-1, Konan, 1-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075, Japan
Phone:+81-3-6748-2111
Fax:+81-3-6748-2244
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:March
Revenue (2009):79456.60 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr):(-11.10%)
Employees (2009):171,300
Employee Growth (1 yr):(-5.10%)
Key People
Chairman, President, and CEO; Chairman and CEO, Sony Corpora: Sir Howard Stringer
Executive Deputy President, CFO, and Director: Nobuyuki Oneda
EVP Intellectual Property, Information Systems, B2B Solution: Keiji Kimura
Industry Information
Sector: Consumer Goods
Industry: Electronic Equipment
Top Competitors
Panasonic Corporation (pc)
Royal Philips Electronics N.V. (phg)
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (sanyy.pk)
 


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