Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata
Satoru Iwatawas a Japanese video game programmer and businessman who served as the fourth president and chief executive officerof Nintendo. He is widely regarded as a major contributor in broadening the appeal of video games to a wider audience by focusing on novel and entertaining games rather than top-of-the-line hardware...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth6 December 1959
CityHokkaido, Japan
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