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Hiroshi Yamauchi

1927 - 2013

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Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japanese: 山内 溥; 7 November 1927 – 19 September 2013) was the third president of Nintendo, serving in the role from 25 April 1949 to 24 May 2002, and principal owner of the Seattle Mariners from 1992 until his death. Before joining Nintendo, he had strong familial connections; his great-grandfather, Fusajiro Yamauchi, founded the company, and was its first president, and his grandfather, Sekiryo Kaneda, was its second president. During his tenure, Nintendo was transformed from a Japanese manufacturer of hanafuda into a global conglomerate largely focused on manufacturing video game consoles and publishing video games. On the basis of this success, and his ownership of most of Nintendo's shares, he became considerably wealthy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshi Yamauchi is the 150th most popular businessperson (down from 125th in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from Japan (down from 265th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Hiroshi Yamauchi ranks 150 out of 847. Before him are Chung Ju-yung, Christina Onassis, William Randolph Hearst, Pierre Bergé, Masayoshi Son, and Elizabeth Arden. After him are Al-Waleed bin Talal, Henry J. Heinz, Ren Zhengfei, Martha Stewart, François Pinault, and Larry Flynt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hiroshi Yamauchi ranks 82. Before him are Juan Almeida Bosque, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, César Milstein, Margot Honecker, Ibrahim Ferrer, and Lee Grant. After him are Victor Wong, Robert Noyce, Jean-Claude Pascal, Kurt Masur, Steve Ditko, and Rosemary Harris. Among people deceased in 2013, Hiroshi Yamauchi ranks 64. Before him are Seki Matsunaga, Viktor Kulikov, Richard Matheson, Antoni Ramallets, Manfred Rommel, and Ronald Dworkin. After him are Pierre Mauroy, Kenneth Waltz, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Wojciech Kilar, Patrice Chéreau, and Nagisa Oshima.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Yamauchi ranks 341 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Ankan (466), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Kenji Tochio (1941), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), and Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684). After him are Haruo Arima (null), Shogo Kamo (1915), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Kōki Hirota (1878), Kiyoo Kanda (1900), and Mitsuo Fuchida (1902).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Hiroshi Yamauchi ranks 5. Before him are Soichiro Honda (1906), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Akio Morita (1921), and Masayoshi Son (1957). After him are Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), and Tadashi Yanai (1949).

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