Nintendo

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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

Name Occupation Birth Death Known 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

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Koji Kondo Electronic Musician 13-Aug-1960 Theme to Super Mario Brothers

Alexey Pajitnov Computer Programmer c. 1956 Helped invent Tetris

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known 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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