Topic: Hiroshi Yamauchi is now one of Japan's Richest

[BlackNMild2k1]

Bloomberg.com: Japan

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Hiroshi Yamauchi, former chairman of Nintendo Co., Japan's second-biggest maker of video games, was the list's biggest gainer, the magazine said. The 79 year old rose 11 places to No. 3, with a net worth of $4.8 billion. Nintendo shares have tripled in value since January 2006 on sales of its Wii consoles and DS Portable players.

Japan's 10 richest are:

   1. Akira Mori: $5.5 billion
   2. Masayoshi Son: $5.45 billion
   3. Hiroshi Yamauchi: $4.8 billion
   4. Kunio Busujima: $4.3 billion
   5. Hiroko Takei: $4 billion
   6. Nobutada Saji: $3.9 billion
   7. Eitaro Itoyama: $3.8 billion
   8. Tadashi Yanai: $3.6 billion
   9. Takemitsu Takizaki: $2.7 billion
  10. Masatoshi Ito: $2.6 billion

Now I really wish I figured out how to purchase those Nintendo shares back in 2004, I could've been a thousandaire by now.  

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

You could be daring and marry Iwata.

[Ceric]

I wonder how many shares people like Miyamoto have...

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

He doesn't need shares, he probably has the Triforce.

[S-U-P-E-R]

Damn, isn't that like the equivalent of about half of Nintendo's cash assets?

[Dirk Temporo]

By now? Not even close. Their coffers were at eight billion back in the middle of the GCN era.

Also: IT PRINTS MONEY