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Nintendo

COMPANY

Founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889, originally offering hand-painted playing cards. After decades of success with playing cards, the company moved into electronics with the Ultra Hand in 1966 and the Kousenjuu Beam Gun in 1970, and introduced their first home video game, Color TV Game 6, in 1976. Released Donkey Kong in 1981, Super Mario Brothers in 1985, Game Boy in 1989, GameCube in 2001, and Wii in 2006.

Official Website:
http://www.nintendo.com/

Industry:
Video Games

Ticker:
TYO:7974

Corporate headquarters:
Kyoto, Japan

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cambria W. Dunaway
Business
c. 1962   EVP at Nintendo of America
Shigeru Miyamoto
Business
16-Nov-1952   Nintendo Game Designer
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Business
22-Nov-1860 Jan-1940 Founder of Nintendo

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Koji Kondo
Electronic Musician
13-Aug-1960   Theme to Super Mario Brothers
Alexey Pajitnov
Computer Programmer
c. 1956   Helped invent Tetris

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Scott Adsit
Actor
26-Nov-1965   Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock
Nicole Kidman
Actor
20-Jun-1967   Moulin Rouge
Helen Mirren
Actor
26-Jul-1945   Prime Suspect
Paul Rudd
Actor
6-Apr-1969   The Shape of Things
Mike Tyson
Boxing
30-Jun-1966   Erratic heavyweight champion


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