Sony

Sony Group Corporation, also known as Sony, is a Japanese consumer electronics corporation. It is one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, as well as the world's largest company and publisher of video game consoles. Sony has a lion's share of 55% of the image sensor market. Sony is the world's largest image sensor manufacturer and second largest camera manufacturer. In the high-end TV segment, Sony TVs are leading the world. In terms of annual revenue, Sony ranks third in the field of television production. Masaru Ibuka started an electronics store in 1946, who was later joined by co-founder Akio Morita to found Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, Ltd., later renamed Sony.

All Sony experts and engineers focus their efforts in this direction, designing and testing many different product models, the latter being more compact and convenient than the former. The width of Ampex's 5 cm wide video tape has been shrunk to less than 2 cm in size. The prototype VTR machine, named U - Matic, has been well received by consumers, Ford alone has ordered 5,000 units once to use in employee training. This success encouraged Morita and the experts to go one step further, further improving the VTR, reducing costs by using even smaller video tapes, with a tape width of less than 1.3 cm and use 100% semiconductor components.

Revenue: $84.89 Billion

Market cap: $105.70 Billion

Founded: 7 May 1946

Website: https://www.sony.net/