{"entity":"sony","id":"ent_sony","name":"Sony Group","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/sony/founder","as_of":"2026-11-02","summary":"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 The record holds 2 claims on Sony Group's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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":["clm_57DF5119E5F2"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_57DF5119E5F2","value":"Akio Morita","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2015-05-07","recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://moneyweek.com/390673/7-may-1946-tech-giant-sony-is-founded","tier":"secondary","publisher":"moneyweek.com","published_at":"2015-05-07T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-sony","tier":"secondary","publisher":"preceden.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41187","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Japanese scientists Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka set up the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, later to become Sony, on this day in 1946.","url":"https://moneyweek.com/390673/7-may-1946-tech-giant-sony-is-founded"}},{"id":"clm_B0C44834EE43","value":"Masaru Ibuka","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.8,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-sony","tier":"secondary","publisher":"preceden.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41187","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Sony  is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in Tokyo.","url":"https://www.preceden.com/timeline/history-of-sony"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Sony Group's current founder?","answer":"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)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{"unverified":"Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it."},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}