Hiroshi Yamauchi
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamauchi.
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japanese: 山内溥, Yamauchi Hiroshi, November 7, 1927 – September 19, 2013) was a Japanese businessman. He was the third president of Nintendo from 1949 until he quit on May 31, 2002. He transformed Nintendo from a small card-making company to a multibillion-dollar video game company. He was known as "Mario's Farther".
He was born in Kyoto.[1] He died in hospital on September 19, 2013 due to complications from pneumonia.[2]
References
- ↑ Hiroko Tabuchi (19 September 2013). Hiroshi Yamauchi, Who Steered Nintendo to Dominance, Dies at 85. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/business/global/hiroshi-yamauchi-who-helped-drive-nintendo-into-dominance-dies-at-85.html.
- ↑ "Nintendo visionary Hiroshi Yamauchi dies aged 85". BBC News. 19 September 2013. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24160150. Retrieved 2013-09-19.