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Japan's Richest Man Is...Yes, Hiroshi Yamauchi

You want a single man's fortunes by which you can gauge the current success of Nintendo? Look no further than former chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi, who in the past three years has gone from being Japan's 11th-richest man, to it's 3rd-richest man, to now it's richest man. That's what happens when you own mountains of Nintendo stock, and said stock goes through the roof. While there's been no reports of Yamauchi smashing any marble tables over the news, he is expected to spend at least some of his winnings on a new leather face.

Japan's 40 Richest [Forbes]

9:40 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,471 views, 44 comments

Latest by StickyPurpleCat: I love those dark-black eyebrows. If it was any other rich old man we'd be griping, but in this case he gets congrats? more »

doesn't buy happiness

Wii, DS Make Yamauchi 3rd Richest Japanese

Bloomberg is reporting that Hiroshi Yamauchi, former chairman of Nintendo, has become the third richest man in Japan, now with a net worth of $4.8 billion (about 582 billion yen). With Nintendo DS and Wii performing pretty darn good in the hardware charts and Nintendo published software fairing mostly okay as well, the company's stock has tripled in value since the beginning of 2006. Ol' Yamauchi is smiling all the way to the bank with his billions, then cursing and spitting venom at the tellers, shattering marble tables with his cobra-headed walking cane. More »

4:40 PM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,281 views, 40 comments

Latest by johnlucas: Whoever told you that money doesn't buy happiness is either a liar, naïve, or a fool. You can go to the bank on that. John Lucas more »