| Satoru Iwata 岩田 聡 |
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| Born | December 6, 1959  Japan |
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| Occupation | President and CEO, Nintendo Co. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on , Ltd. |
Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡 Iwata Satoru?, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president and CEO of Nintendo succeeding the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi in 2002. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on is a Japanese businessman He was the third president of Nintendo Co Satoru Iwata was responsible in great part for defining Nintendo's strategy both before and during the release of its GameCube video game console in 2001, a vision which helped Nintendo generate a forty-one percent increase in sales at the end of the 2002 fiscal year. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly" Financial statements in Businesses [1]
Barron's Magazine named Satoru Iwata one of the world's top CEOs, thanks mostly to the Wii, Brain Age and a soaring stock. Barron's magazine is an American weekly Newspaper covering US Brain Age Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, also known as Dr [2]
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Biography
Early years
Satoru Iwata was born in Sapporo, Japan. is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. He expressed his interest in the creation of video games early on, and originating in an environment with a tradition of computer programming, he produced electronic games at his home during his high school years. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution The several simple number games Iwata produced, which made use of an electronic calculator, he shared with his schoolmates.
Education
Following high school, Iwata was admitted at the prestigious Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he majored in computer science. often called Tokyo Tech, TiTech or for short is the largest institution of higher learning in Japan dedicated to science and Technology. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Such an environment allowed Iwata's technical expertise and passion for video games to be recognized and as such, he was hired as a part-time games programmer at HAL Laboratory, Inc., a subsidiary of Nintendo, while still pursuing his tertiary studies until graduation. is a Japanese Video game developer that was founded on February 21 1980. Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage third level and' post-secondary education', is the educational level following the completion of a school providing
HAL Laboratory, Incorporated
In 1982, after succeeding at college, Iwata was recruited by HAL Laboratory, Inc. for a full-time position. He became the company's coordinator of software production in 1983. Some of the video games he helped create while he worked there were Balloon Fight, EarthBound, and the Kirby games. is a Video game developed by Nintendo. The arcade version (Nintendo VS EarthBound, known in Japan as, is a role-playing Video game designed by Shigesato Itoi for the Super Nintendo Entertainment is the main character of Nintendo 's ''Kirby'' video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. Iwata was eventually promoted to president of HAL in 1993. Nevertheless, he and his branch sometimes aided in the creation of Nintendo video games, himself on a freelance basis.
Nintendo
In 2000, Iwata took a position at Nintendo as the head of its corporate planning division. When Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company's president since 1949, retired on May 31, 2002, Iwata succeeded as Nintendo's fourth president and the first unrelated to the Yamauchi family through blood or marriage. is a Japanese businessman He was the third president of Nintendo Co Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. He continues to help out at HAL as a correspondent. It is said that Iwata still works as an artist there, assisting in creating concept art of Kirby characters for use in the Kirby series of video games. His latest project is the Wii. He comments on the Wii in his section of Nintendo's Wii website, Iwata Asks. Iwata has also worked on The Legend of Zelda , Mario series, and the Animal Crossing series of games. is a High fantasy action-adventure Video game series created by Game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and developed and published is a Fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Animal Crossing, known as in Japan, is a life simulation Video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. Iwata is a fan of the Super Smash Bros. series. is a series of Fighting games published by Nintendo, featuring characters from established video games.
References
External links
- Satoru Iwata Keynote given at Tokyo Game Show 2005
- Seattle Post Intelligence: Satoru Iwata Interview
- Satoru Iwata Kikizo Video Interview
- Gamespy: Nintendo's New Direction - A discussion with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata
- Heart of a Gamer speech at GDC '05
- A+E Interactive E3 2007 Interview
- Level Up E3 2007 Interview
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