Hideaki Nishino Elevated to Sole CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hiroki Totoki Promoted to Sony CEO

Hideaki Nishino has been promoted to the sole CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, with his new position effective on April 1, 2025.

This comes from a press release dropped this evening, which also reveals that Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki is being promoted to president and CEO of the entire company. He replaces Kenichiro Yoshida, who served as CEO of the company since April 2018, succeeding Kazuo Hirai. Additionally the SVP, finance, corporate development and strategy Lin Tao is being promoted to CFO.

Just last year, it was announced that Nishino and Hermen Hulst would split the leadership of SIE between them after former CEO Jim Ryan’s retirement, with Hulst serving as head of PlayStation Studios and Nishino overseeing hardware and tech. With this change, Nishinio now oversees the entire SIE operation as well as leading the platform business group, while Hulst will remain in his role heading up PlayStation Studios specifically.

Nishino has worked with Sony since 2000, previously serving as SVP, platform experience group.

“I am truly honored to take the helm at Sony Interactive Entertainment,” he said. “Technology and creativity are two of our biggest strengths as we continue to focus on developing experiences that deliver entertainment for everyone. We will continue to grow the PlayStation community in new ways, such as IP expansion, while also delivering the best in technology innovation. I want to thank Hermen for his expertise and leadership as he continues his role as CEO, Studio Business Group. I am deeply grateful for the PlayStation community and their continued support and I am very excited for what the future holds.”

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