Sony Corporation of America
Sony Corporation of America (SONAM[2]), based in New York City,[3] is an American subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It serves as the company's US headquarters, and manages the company's US-based businesses.[4]
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Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Electronics Entertainment Television |
Founded | February 15, 1960 |
Founder | Akio Morita |
Headquarters | 25 Madison Avenue, , United States |
Key people | Kenichiro Yoshida (Chairman, President & CEO) Steven Kober (Executive Vice President & CFO) |
Number of employees | 33,234[1] |
Parent | Sony Group Corporation |
Website | Official Website |

Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Music Publishing.
It was reported in December 2016 by multiple news outlets that Sony was considering restructuring its U.S. operations by merging its television and film business, Sony Pictures Entertainment, with its gaming business, Sony Interactive Entertainment. According to the reports, such a restructuring would have placed Sony Pictures under Sony Interactive's then CEO, Andrew House, though House would not have assumed day-to-day operations of the film studio.[5][6][7] According to one report, Sony was set to make a final decision on the possibility of the merger of the television, film and gaming businesses by the end of its fiscal year in March of the following year (2017).[5] As of January 2020, nothing has materialized.
Subsidiaries
- Sony Electronics Inc.
- Sony Entertainment Inc.[8][9]
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Sony Music Publishing LLC
- Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
- Sony DADC US Inc.
- Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. (Sony Mobile Communications Inc.)[10]
- Sony Immersive Music Entertainment (Sony Corporation of America)[11]
Others subsidiaries
- Sony Plaza Public Arcade (New York City, New York)
- Sony Optical Archive (formerly Optical Archive, San Jose, California)[12]
- Sony Biotechnology (formerly iCyt Mission Technology, Champaign, Illinois)[13][14]
- Micronics, Inc. (Redmond, Washington)[15]
Notes and references
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- "Corporate Fact Sheet".
- "Who We Are". Sony Corporation of America. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- Aldrich, Rachel (December 12, 2016). "Why would Sony merge its gaming and film units?". TheStreet.
- Atkinson, Claire (December 12, 2016). "Sony considers merging gaming and film divisions". New York Post.
- Cooke, Chris. "Revamp of Sony's entertainment business could more closely align Sony Music with Sony/ATV | Complete Music Update".
- "Corporate Fact Sheet". Sony Corporation of America. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- "Outline of Principal Operations". Sony Corporation of America. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- Company Overview of Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. Bloomberg
- "Madison Beer Creates Ultra-Realistic Immersive Reality Concert Experience With Sony Music Entertainment and Verizon" (Press release). Sony Music. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- "Sony to Acquire Optical Archive Inc". Sony Corporation of America. May 27, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- "iCyt Mission Technology Renamed Sony Biotechnology" (PDF). Sony Corporation of America. October 18, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- Sony Enters the Flow Cytometry Business in Life Science Field by Acquiring iCyt Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
- "Sony acquires Micronics, Inc., US diagnostic device development venture, Acquisition to accelerate development and commercialization of Point of Care diagnostic products". Sony Corporation. September 28, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2012.