Hiroki Totoki Took the Top Job at Sony in April 2025
Hiroki Totoki became president and CEO of Sony Group Corporation on April 1, 2025. He took over from Kenichiro Yoshida, who stayed on as chairman. Totoki joined Sony in 1987 and spent much of the past decade running its finances, so investors already knew him from Sony’s earnings briefings.
| Role | President and Chief Executive Officer |
|---|---|
| Company | Sony Group Corporation |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Industry | Media and Entertainment |
| In role since | 2025 |
| Born | 1964, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Education | School of Commerce, Waseda University |
| Company website | www.sony.com/en |
From Sony Bank Co-Founder to Group CFO
- 1987: joined Sony
- 2001: co-founded Sony Bank
- 2005: senior managing director, Sony Communication Network
- 2013: executive officer of Sony
- 2014: president and CEO, Sony Mobile Communications
- 2017: executive officer and chief strategy officer
- 2018: senior managing director and CFO
- 2020: executive vice president and CFO
- 2023: president, COO and CFO
- 2025: president and CEO of Sony Group
He also chairs Sony Interactive Entertainment, the unit behind PlayStation. When he took the CEO role, Lin Tao became Sony’s CFO and Hideaki Nishino became CEO of the games unit.
Sony’s Sales in the Year to March 2026
Sony Group’s businesses include PlayStation games along with entertainment and electronics. In the fiscal year that ended in March 2026, consolidated sales were 12,479.6 billion yen, up 3.7% on the year before. Net profit was 1,030.8 billion yen, down 3.4%.
Sony bought the game studio Bungie for $3.6 billion in 2022, a deal Totoki has had to manage as both CFO and CEO. On the day Sony announced him as CEO in January 2025, its shares rose 3.6%, against a 0.9% gain in the wider Tokyo market.
