Jim Ryan

New Management Structure of Sony Interactive Entertainment

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

TOKYO and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Sony Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that SIE Deputy President Jim Ryan will be appointed President and CEO of SIE effective April 1, 2019.

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  • TOKYO and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Sony Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that SIE Deputy President Jim Ryan will be appointed President and CEO of SIE effective April 1, 2019.
  • At the same time, Jim Ryan will also assume the role of Representative Director and President of SIE's Japan-based legal entity, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., and John Kodera will be its Representative Director and Deputy President.
  • "Our Game & Network Services business has grown into the Sony Group's largest business in terms of both sales and operating income.
  • Jim Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment's Europe-based legal entity, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) -- which was then Sony Computer Entertainment Europe -- in 1994.