Hiroshi Yamauchi, a longtime president of Nintendo (1949-2002) and the predecessor to current boss Satoru Iwata, has passed away today at the age of 85, Nikkei reports
Formerly the richest man in Japan, Yamauchi also owned Seattleās Major League Baseball team, the Mariners (though he famously never attended a game).
A champion of the efforts to develop home consoles like the NES, Yamauchi abandoned his university studies to take up the position when his grandfather suffered a stroke. He led the company through itās great transition from a maker of childrenās toys and card games to its position today as one of the worldās great video game studios and platform holders.
Yamauchi passed away in a Kyoto hospital, where he had been suffering from pneumonia.
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