Qué (quién) es Sony Corporation - definición
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![Sony Store in [[Nagoya]], Japan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SONY Store , ソニーストア 名古屋 - panoramio.jpg?width=200 "Sony Store in [[Nagoya]], Japan")
![Notebook [[Sony Vaio]]. Sony has axed its loss-making PC business in 2014.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SONY VAIO VPCZ119FJ-S 02.jpg?width=200 "Notebook [[Sony Vaio]]. Sony has axed its loss-making PC business in 2014.")
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![Sony Pictures Plaza, next to the main studio lot of [[Sony Pictures]] in [[Culver City, California]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonypicturesentertainmentoffices.jpg?width=200 "Sony Pictures Plaza, next to the main studio lot of [[Sony Pictures]] in [[Culver City, California]]")
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![Sony α77]], flagship APS-C camera](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sony A77.jpg?width=200 "Sony α77]], flagship APS-C camera")
Wikipedia
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Sony Group Corporation (ソニーグループ株式会社, Sonī Gurūpu kabushiki gaisha, SOH-nee), commonly known as simply Sony (stylized as SONY), is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products, the largest video game console company and the largest video game publisher. Through Sony Entertainment, it is one of the largest music companies (largest music publisher and second largest record label) and the third largest film studio, making it one of the most comprehensive media companies. It is the largest technology and media conglomerate in Japan. It is also recognized as the most cash-rich Japanese company, with net cash reserves of ¥2 trillion.
Sony, with its 55 percent market share in the image sensor market, is the largest manufacturer of image sensors, the second largest camera manufacturer, and is among the semiconductor sales leaders. It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market for a television of at least 55 inches (140 centimeters) with a price higher than $2,500 as well as second largest TV brand by market share and, as of 2020, the third largest television manufacturer in the world by annual sales figures.
Sony Group Corporation is the holding company of the Sony Group (ソニー・グループ, Sonī Gurūpu), which comprises Sony Corporation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Sony Entertainment (Sony Pictures, Sony Music), Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Financial Group, Sony Creative Products, and others.
The company's slogan is We are Sony. Their former slogans were The One and Only (1979–1982), It's a Sony (1981–2005), like.no.other (2005–2009), make.believe (2009–2013), and Be Moved (2013–2021).
Sony has a weak tie to the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) corporate group, the successor to the Mitsui keiretsu. Sony is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (in which it is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core30 indexes) with an additional listing in the form of American depositary receipts listed in the New York Stock Exchange (traded since 1970, making it the oldest Japanese company to be listed in an American exchange), and was ranked 88th on the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list.
