Sony Corporate Strategy Meeting FY2021
- Leveraging the Sony Group’s Diverse Strengths Around the Axis of its Purpose, to Achieve Value Creation from a Long-term View, and the Evolution and Growth of its Business -
05/25/2021
Tokyo, Japan - Sony Group Corporation (“Sony” or the “Company”) today held its Corporate Strategy Meeting for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 (FY2021).
Focusing on the keywords of creativity, technology and the world (community), Chairman, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida presented Sony’s corporate strategy from a long-term view as a creative entertainment company with a solid foundation of technology, around the axis of its Purpose (or reason for being) to “fill the world with emotion (or Kando) through the power of creativity and technology,” which he established as part of Sony’s corporate culture following his appointment as CEO three years ago.
He stated that in order to deliver Kando to even more users through the content that Sony creates together with creators, Sony plans to further strengthen its partnerships in the area of DTC (Direct-to-Consumer) services, and accelerate its initiatives and investments, particularly in the mobile and social spaces, with the aim of expanding the number of people around the world directly connected to the Sony Group due to their desire to consume entertainment from the current number of approximately 160 million to 1 billion people.
As part of these efforts, Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (“SIE”) stated that, “through investments in IP, group collaboration within Sony, and investment in social and mobile, we are excited for the opportunity to continue to expand our community.”
Sony plans to continue to leverage the Group’s diverse strengths around the axis of its Purpose, in order to create new value for creators and users from a long-term view, and drive the further evolution and growth of its business.
For further details, please refer to the speech materials, presentation slides and archived webcast from the event, which will be available on Sony's corporate website.
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/strategy/
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