Hiroshi Yamauchi | |
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山内溥 | |
![]() Yamauchi c. 1949 | |
3rd President of Nintendo | |
In office 25 April 1949 – 24 May 2002 | |
Preceded by | Sekiryo Kaneda |
Succeeded by | Satoru Iwata |
Personal details | |
Born | Kyoto, Empire of Japan | 7 November 1927
Died | 19 September 2013 (aged 85) Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
Cause of death | Pneumonia |
Spouse |
Michiko Inaba
(m. 1945; died 2012) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Occupation | President and chairman of Nintendo (1949–2002) |
Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内溥, Yamauchi Hiroshi, 7 November 1927 – 19 September 2013) was a Japanese businessman and the third president of Nintendo, joining the company on 25 April 1949 until stepping down on 24 May 2002, being succeeded by Satoru Iwata. During his 53-year tenure, Yamauchi transformed Nintendo from a hanafuda card-making company that had been active solely in Japan into a multibillion-dollar video game publisher and global conglomerate. He was the great-grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi, Nintendo's first president and founder. Hiroshi Yamauchi owned the Seattle Mariners baseball team from 1992 until his death.[3][4][5]
In April 2013, Forbes estimated Yamauchi's net worth at $2.1 billion; he was the 13th richest person in Japan and the 491st richest in the world.[6] In 2008, Yamauchi was Japan's wealthiest person with a fortune at that time estimated at $7.8 billion.[7] At the time of his death, Yamauchi was the largest shareholder at Nintendo.[8][9]
Yamauchi was listed by Forbes magazine as Japan's richest man just five years ago, when Nintendo was flying high with the launch of the Wii with its motion-sensing controller, although the company's fortunes have since faded as smartphones displace consoles among gamers. His net worth at that time was estimated at $7.8 billion.
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