Sony Group Corporation

WBAG:SON1 Stock Report

Market Cap: €128.1b

Sony Group Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Sony Group's CEO is Hiroki Totoki, appointed in Apr 2023, has a tenure of 2.25 years. total yearly compensation is ¥360.00M, comprised of 38.9% salary and 61.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.008% of the company’s shares, worth €9.77M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.3 years and 2.1 years respectively.

Key information

Hiroki Totoki

Chief executive officer

JP¥360.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage38.89%
CEO tenure2.3yrs
CEO ownership0.008%
Management average tenure5.3yrs
Board average tenure2.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Hiroki Totoki's remuneration changed compared to Sony Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025JP¥360mJP¥140m

JP¥1t

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥1t

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥1t

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

JP¥985b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

JP¥971b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

JP¥923b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥880b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

JP¥962b

Mar 31 2023JP¥223mJP¥80m

JP¥1t

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

JP¥975b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥1t

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

JP¥931b

Apr 01 2022n/an/a

JP¥882b

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

JP¥838b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥802b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

JP¥1t

Mar 31 2021JP¥136mJP¥66m

JP¥1t

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

JP¥976b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥894b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

JP¥624b

Mar 31 2020JP¥115mJP¥59m

JP¥582b

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

JP¥657b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥857b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

JP¥842b

Mar 31 2019JP¥103mJP¥54m

JP¥916b

Compensation vs Market: Hiroki's total compensation ($USD2.41M) is below average for companies of similar size in the Austrian market ($USD4.74M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Hiroki's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Hiroki Totoki (61 yo)

2.3yrs
Tenure
JP¥360,000,000
Compensation

Mr. Hiroki Totoki is President and Chief Executive Officer since April 1, 2023 and April 01, 2025 at Sony Group Corporation respectively. He was Chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. from October...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hiroki Totoki
President2.3yrsJP¥360.00m0.0076%
€ 9.8m
Kenichiro Yoshida
Chairman & Representative Corporate Executive Officerless than a yearJP¥636.00m0.022%
€ 28.0m
Hiroaki Kitano
Senior EVP & CTO3.3yrsJP¥214.00m0.0027%
€ 3.4m
Shiro Kambe
Senior EVP & Corporate Executive Officer15.5yrsJP¥652.00m0.0049%
€ 6.3m
Kazushi Ambe
Senior EVP & Corporate Executive Officer10.7yrsJP¥507.00m0.0019%
€ 2.5m
Toshimoto Mitomo
Executive Deputy President7.3yrsJP¥117.00m0.0026%
€ 3.3m
Sadahiko Hayakawa
Senior Vice Presidentno datano datano data
Lin Tao
CFO & Corporate Executive Officerless than a yearno data0.00065%
€ 832.7k
J. Hill
Senior Vice President of Finance & Investor Relations and Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Natsuko Takei
Senior General Manager of Legal & Compliance Department7.3yrsno datano data
Yasuhiro Ito
Chief People Officerless than a yearno data0.000050%
€ 64.1k
Shoji Nemoto
Head of Disc Manufacturing Business19.7yrsno datano data
5.3yrs
Average Tenure
64yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: SON1's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hiroki Totoki
President6.1yrsJP¥360.00m0.0076%
€ 9.8m
Kenichiro Yoshida
Chairman & Representative Corporate Executive Officer11.1yrsJP¥636.00m0.022%
€ 28.0m
Nora Denzel
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Neil Hunt
Independent Outside Director2.1yrsno data0.000080%
€ 102.5k
William Morrow
Independent Outside Director2.1yrsno data0.000080%
€ 102.5k
Shingo Konomoto
Independent Outside Director1.1yrsno datano data
Wendy Mira Becker
Independent Chairman of the Board of Directors6.1yrsno data0.00042%
€ 538.0k
Masayuki Hyodo
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Joseph A. Kraft
Independent Outside Director5.1yrsno data0.00033%
€ 422.7k
Keiko Kishigami
Independent Outside Director5.1yrsno data0.00033%
€ 422.7k
Yoriko Goto
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
2.1yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: SON1's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/30 17:13
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/30 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Sony Group Corporation is covered by 47 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Richard KramerArete Research Services LLP
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Yuji FujimoriBarclays