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Hiroshi Yamauchi

Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内溥 (formerly 山内博), Yamauchi Hiroshi, born November 7, 1927 in Kyoto) is a Japanese businessman. He was the third president of Nintendo Co., Ltd. beginning in 1949 until stepping down on May 31, 2002. Yamauchi is credited with transforming Nintendo from a small hanafuda card making company in Japan to the multi-billion dollar video game company that it is today. Yamauchi was succeeded at Nintendo by Satoru Iwata. Yamauchi also became the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners... full article at wikipedia

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