Hiroshi Yamauchi

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Hiroshi Yamauchi ( Japanese 山 内 溥 , Yamauchi Hiroshi ; born November 7, 1927 in Kyoto ; † September 19, 2013 ibid) was a Japanese entrepreneur . In 1949 he took over the management of the Japanese family company Nintendo , of which he was the third president. The company, which initially only produced playing cards, grew under Yamauchi's leadership from the 1980s to become one of the largest video game companies . After more than 50 years at the helm, Yamauchi resigned in 2002 and named Satoru Iwata as his successor. Yamauchi remained active as a consultant to the group until his death.

Life

Childhood and youth

Hiroshi Yamauchi was born on November 7, 1927 in Kyoto to Shikanojo Yamauchi (born Inaba) and Kimi Yamauchi. Kimi's father Sekiryo Yamauchi then the line of 1889 by Hiroshi's great-grandfather had Fusajiro Yamauchi founded family Nintendo held that one of the major Japanese manufacturers of Hanafuda - playing cards was.

Shikanojo left his family during Hiroshi's childhood. Therefore, Kimi divorced him and Hiroshi grew up with his grandparents.

Working at Nintendo

In 1949, Yamauchi became Nintendo's third president and led the company to great global success. Under his leadership, Nintendo grew from a small Japanese game card manufacturer to a multi-billion dollar video game company. Yamauchi also appeared regularly for Nintendo himself as an executive producer of video games from 1985 to 2003 . Satoru Iwata succeeded him as President of Nintendo in 2002 .

His net worth in 2008 was an estimated $ 7.8 billion. On the list of the richest people in the world of Forbes Magazine , he reached 2003 Place 75, 2005 401. Place and 2007 149th Place. In 2008, according to Forbes, he became the richest man in Japan due to the high sales of the Wii game console . In 2013, Yamauchi was the largest Nintendo shareholder with a 10% stake. According to a Nintendo financial report, he acted as an advisor to the company.

On September 19, 2013, Yamauchi died at the age of 85 in a hospital after complications caused by pneumonia. He was married and had three children.

literature

  • David Sheff: Game Over . How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children. Random House, New York 1993, ISBN 0-679-40469-4 .
  • Florent Gorges, Isao Yamakazi: The History of Nintendo . 1889–1980: From playing cards to Game & Watch. Pix'N Love, 2012, ISBN 978-2-918272-15-1 .
  • Osamu Inoue: Nintendo Magic . Winning the Videogame Wars. Vertical, 2010, ISBN 978-1-934287-22-4 (Japanese: Nintendou: "Odoroki" o umu houteishiki . Translated by Paul Tuttle Starr).
  • Steven L. Kent: The Ultimate History of Video Games . From Pong to Pokémon and Beyond - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World. Prima & Three Rivers, Roseville, New York 2001, ISBN 0-7615-3643-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gorges, Yamakazi, p. 21 f.
  2. ↑ Gorges, Yamakazi, p. 22
  3. ↑ Entry at the IMDb , accessed on April 22, 2017
  4. ↑ Forbes Magazine : Japan's Richest: # 1 Hiroshi Yamauchi . May 7, 2008.
  5. ↑ Forbes Magazine : Japan's 40 Richest . May 7, 2008.
  6. ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/information/
  7. ↑ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2013/annual1303e.pdf
  8. ↑ Longtime Nintendo President Dies Aged 85
personal data
SURNAME Yamauchi, Hiroshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 山 内 溥 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese entrepreneur, president of the video game company Nintendo (1949–2002)
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2013
Place of death Kyoto