Fusajirō Yamauchi
Japanese businessman (1859–1940)
Fusajirō Yamauchi (山内 房治郎, Yamauchi Fusajirō; November 22, 1859 – January 1, 1940), originally born as Fusajirō Fukui (福井 房治郎, Fukui Fusajirō), was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Yamauchi Nintendo, later known as Nintendo. Yamauchi lived in Kyoto, Japan, and had a wife and two daughters—one of whom was Tei Yamauchi, who later married Sekiryō Kaneda, the successor and second president of Nintendo.2
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Born Nov 22, 1859, died Jan 1, 1940.1
Companies
Early life and education
Fusajirō Fukui was born on November 22, 1859, as the oldest son of Sōsuke Fukui, a craftsperson. Fusajirō took the name Yamauchi after an arranged marriage with one of the daughters of the Yamauchi family, who owned a company named Haigan dealing with lime. Since the Yamauchi family had no male heirs to inherit the company, Fusajirō was adopted by the Yamauchis and became the heir to his adoptive father, Naoshichi Yamauchi.
Shortly after, in 1885, Fusajirō inherited the company at the age of 17 and renamed it Haikyō.
From Wikipedia’s article on Fusajirō Yamauchi (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.6
Personal life
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- 1WikidataFusajirō Yamauchi on Wikidata
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- 10WikidataNintendo, Founder