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Revision as of 10:37, 30 October 2001 by Malcolm Farmer (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tokyo, Japan-based consumer electronics giant. Its very first consumer product, in the late 1940s, was a rice boiler.
- 2000 Sales: 63 billion USD
- 2000 Employees: 189,700
Name coined by founder Akio Morita to convey "sound" and "sonny" for youth and energy. See http://www.snopes2.com/business/names/sony.htm
Also see PlayStation and Walkman.