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Sony Corporation - Founding

Time: Tuesday May 7, 1946

Place: Tokyo, Japan

Details: 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.

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