# Sony Group founder

entity: /record/sony.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/sony/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-02  

As of November 2, 2026, Sony Group's founder on the AsOf record is Akio Morita, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (moneyweek.com and preceden.com). The record holds 2 claims on Sony Group's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-02.

- [Sony Group](/record/sony.md) | founder | Akio Morita | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_57DF5119E5F2](/claim/clm_57DF5119E5F2.md)
  sources: https://moneyweek.com/390673/7-may-1946-tech-giant-sony-is-founded, https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-sony, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41187

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Sony Group](/record/sony.md) | founder | Akio Morita | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_57DF5119E5F2](/claim/clm_57DF5119E5F2.md)
  sources: https://moneyweek.com/390673/7-may-1946-tech-giant-sony-is-founded, https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-sony, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41187
- [Sony Group](/record/sony.md) | founder | Masaru Ibuka | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | unverified | [clm_B0C44834EE43](/claim/clm_B0C44834EE43.md)
  sources: https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-sony, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41187

## Questions this record answers

### What is Sony Group's current founder?

Akio Morita, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (moneyweek.com and preceden.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/sony/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/sony?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "sony", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/sony/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/sony.md · timeline: /timelines/sony.md

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