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There's a hell of a lot more to Sony than electronics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#Business_units http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#Business_units
by obtino 13y ago
There's a hell of a lot more to Sony than electronics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#Business_units http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#Business_units
- sdfjkl 13y agoInteresting, had no idea they were in banking. As for the electronics sector I was referring to, it seems I missed semiconductors, medical and the remnants of Ericsson.
- 72deluxe 13y agoIsn't the "financial services" their branch that sells you their laptops over a period of time, instead of outright banking?
- jsumrall 13y agoI think Sony Mobile is pretty substantial
- w1ntermute 13y agoSo is Mitsubishi. It's also in insurance, and owns Kirin (a major Japanese brewer).
- TorKlingberg 13y agoSony bought Ericsson's phone business. They make nice Androids, but are not very high profile in the U.S. Certainly nowhere near the market share Ericsson had in the 90's. Much of the R&D is actually in Sweden. Ericssons network business is alive and well, actually no. 1 by market share. I worked there until recently.
- mikeash 13y agoThe scope of some of these companies can be pretty big. Samsung, for example, in addition to selling millions of smartphones, is also the world's second-largest shipbuilder (among many other activities). We're used to more focused companies like Apple or Google, but it's not always so.
- protomyth 13y agoHeck, their professional gear would be a big business on its own, never mind music, tv, and movies.