Satoru Iwata
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Satoru Iwata Net Worth 2024, Height, Wiki, Age

Entrepreneur

Birthday

: 06 December 1959

Birthplace

: Hokkaido, Japan

Sign

: Sagittarius

Died

: 11 July 2015

Lived

: 55 years

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Japanese video game programmer and businessman who served as the fourth president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo

Born:	06 December 1959 Comment
When did Satoru Iwata die? / Died	11 July 2015
How many years did Satoru Iwata live? / Lived	55 years
Where was Satoru Iwata born?	Hokkaido, Japan
Zodiac sign:	Sagittarius
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How much is Satoru Iwata worth?	Under review
Nationality:	Japanese
Hair color:	Black
Eyes color:	Black

Who was Satoru Iwata? / Facts

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
Born in Sapporo, Japan, Iwata expressed interest in video games from an early age and created his first simple game while in high school
He later majored in computer science at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
In 1980, he joined the game developer HAL Laboratory while attending the university
During his early years at HAL Laboratory he worked as a programmer and closely collaborated with Nintendo, producing his first commercial game in 1983
Notable titles to which he contributed at HAL include EarthBound and the Kirby series
Following a downturn and near-bankruptcy, Iwata became the president of HAL Laboratory in 1993 at the insistence of Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi and brought financial stability to the company
In the following years, he assisted in the development of the Pokémon and Super Smash Bros. series
Iwata joined Nintendo as the head of its corporate-planning division in 2000
Nintendo soon saw notable growth with Iwata's assistance and, as a result, he s쳮ded Yamauchi as the company's president in May 2002
Under Iwata's direction, Nintendo developed the Nintendo DS and Wii video game consoles, helping the company to achieve financial success in the industry
As a self-declared gamer, he focused on expanding the appeal of video games across all demographics through a "blue ocean" business strategy
The company attained record profits by 2009, and Barron's placed Iwata among the top 30 CEOs worldwide
Iwata subsequently expanded his blue ocean strategy by defining a quality of life product line for the Wii that later evolved into a ten-year business strategy to create stand-alone products