Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services. 

Sony began in the wake of World War II. In 1946, Masaru Ibuka started an electronics shop in a department store building in Tokyo. The company started with a capital of ¥190,000 and a total of eight employees.

On 7 May 1946, Ibuka was joined by Akio Morita to establish a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo. The company built Japan's first tape recorder, called the Type-G. In 1958, the company changed its name to "Sony".

The company owns the largest music entertainment business in the world, the largest video game console business and one of the largest video game publishing  businesses, and is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets, and a leading player in the film and television entertainment industry.

Sony was ranked 97th on the 2018 Fortune Global 500 list. According to yougov, Sony is aslo the most popular consumer eletronics brand in England.

According to yougov and en.wikipedia