Who Owns Sony?

Sony is a Japanese Corporation with Shareholders. It is not owned by any one specific individual but a collection of people and business's that own common stock of the company.

Sony is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.  It is owned by its shareholders, and the largest owners are institutions such as Dodge and Cox, and PrimeCap Management Company,

see  moneycentral.msn.com

Anyone with a brokerage account or 401k plan can own part of Sony.  Right now the stock is very cheap since the economy is in a downturn, and their products are largely discretionary purchases (meaning they are things that people like to have, but don't NEED to have, so they sell well when people have extra money but not when things are tight)