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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

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

Season 1, Ep. 44

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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