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
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, until it offloaded it into an independent company in 2014; Japan Industrial Partners owns VAIO Corporation, with Sony maintaining a minority stake. Sony still holds the intellectual property rights for the VAIO brand and logo.^[3] In November 2024, it was announced that Japanese retailer Nojima will take control of Vaio, expected to finalize in January 2025.^[4]