Sony Group Chair & CEO: Future of gaming, music, AI and Japanese culture

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Norges Bank Investment Management

In Good Company, Business, Norges Bank, Nicolai Tangen

4.8 • 186 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Kenichiro Yoshida Sony Group Chair and CEO provide unique insight into one of the worlds most creative companies. He has been the CEO since 2018 and been really successful! How does he foster innovation, what innovations can we expect to see in gaming, music and entertainment? Tune in!

The production team on this episode were PLAN-B's Nikolai Ovenberg and Niklas Figenschau Johansen. Background research was done by Sigurd Brekke with input from portfolio manager Doug Shell.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to our podcast in Good Company.
0:04.2	I'm Nicola Tangan, the CEO of the Norwegian Southern World Fund.
0:08.0	In this podcast, I talk to the leaders of some of the largest companies we are invested in
0:11.5	so that you can learn what we own and meet these impressive leaders.
0:15.6	Today, I'm speaking to Kenichira Yoshida, CEO of Sony.
0:24.0	Sony is behind the iconic Walkman that revolutionized how we listen to music, to PlayStation, Blu-ray and Alpha Series cameras that capture the world
0:29.3	in stunning detail. Sony is also in movies, different electronics, semiconductors, financial services,
0:35.7	and much more. We own almost 2% of Sony, translating into 17 billion crowner or 1.7 billion US dollars.
0:43.7	We have been invested in Sony for more than 20 years, proper long-term thinking.
0:50.2	Ken is an impressive leader and Sony is a fascinating company.
0:53.4	You don't want to miss this one.
1:03.0	Well, it's a huge pleasure and honor to be here with the CEO of Sony.
1:06.4	I mean, we all know Sony.
1:07.9	Sony is all over, all around us and has been for a long time. So
1:13.0	big thanks, Ken, for taking the time this morning. Thank you for having me. Now, you have
1:16.2	a tremendous history in coming up with new world changing products. Do you want to just give
1:21.2	us a brief recap of some of the ways you have changed consumer electronics? Looking back on a long history of 77 years,
1:30.9	I believe Sony is a company that has expanded its business based on its origin in sound.
1:38.8	The Sony name and brand comes from Sonas, which is Latin meaning sound.
1:45.0	Since 1946, we have developed businesses in electronics, entertainment, and semiconductors.
1:53.0	Our electronics products initially focused on sound, such as tape recorders and transistor radios. Sony's entertainment business also
2:03.6	bigger with music. We launched a joint venture CBS Sony Records in 1968 and a move into
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