Vaio

VAIO Corporation

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Native name	VAIO株式会社
Formerly	Sony Vaio
Company type	Private
Industry	Computer hardware Electronics
Predecessor	Sony Corporation
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996) (as Sony's computer brand) July 1, 2014; 10 years ago (July 1, 2014)[1] (as an independent corporation)
Headquarters	Azumino, Nagano , Japan
Area served	Argentina Brazil Chile China Hong Kong India Japan Malaysia Mexico Middle East Singapore Taiwan United States Uruguay (as of 2023)
Products	Personal computers
Owners	Japan Industrial Partners (95%) Sony Group Corporation (5%) [2]
Website	Japan www.vaio.com United States us.vaio.com Brazil br.vaio.com Chile cl.vaio.com Hong Kong hk.vaio.com Taiwan tw.vaio.com Singapore sg.vaio.com Malaysia my.vaio.com China www.vaio-china.com Argentina ar.vaio.com India in.vaio.com Middle East mea.vaio.com Mexico mx.vaio.com Uruguay uy.vaio.com

VAIO (Japanese: バイオ) is a brand of personal computers and consumer electronics, currently developed by Japanese manufacturer VAIO Corporation (VAIO 株式会社, Baio Kabushiki Kaisha, English: /ˈvaɪ.oʊ/), headquartered in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture.^{[citation needed]}

VAIO was formerly a brand of Sony, introduced in 1996. In February 2014, Sony created VAIO Corporation, a special purpose company with investment firm Japan Industrial Partners,^[3] as part of its restructuring effort to focus on mobile devices. Sony maintains a minority stake in the new, independent company, which currently sells computers in the United States, Japan, India, and Brazil, and maintains exclusive marketing agreements in other regions.^{[citation needed]} Sony still holds the intellectual property rights for the VAIO brand and logo.^[4]

As of 2023, Vaio operates its stores in several countries and regions, such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States and Uruguay and so on.^[5]