COMPANY

Founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889, originally offering hand-painted playing cards. After decades of success with playing cards, the company moved into electronics with the Ultra Hand in 1966 and the Kousenjuu Beam Gun in 1970, and introduced their first home video game, Color TV Game 6, in 1976. Released Donkey Kong in 1981, Super Mario Brothers in 1985, Game Boy in 1989, GameCube in 2001, and Wii in 2006.

Official Website:
http://www.nintendo.com/

Industry:
Video Games

Ticker:
TYO:7974

Corporate headquarters:
Kyoto, Japan

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Cambria W. Dunaway	Business	c. 1962		EVP at Nintendo of America
Shigeru Miyamoto	Business	16-Nov-1952		Nintendo Game Designer
Fusajiro Yamauchi	Business	22-Nov-1860	Jan-1940	Founder of Nintendo

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Koji Kondo	Electronic Musician	13-Aug-1960		Theme to Super Mario Brothers
Alexey Pajitnov	Computer Programmer	c. 1956		Helped invent Tetris

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Scott Adsit	Actor	26-Nov-1965		Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock
Nicole Kidman	Actor	20-Jun-1967		Moulin Rouge
Helen Mirren	Actor	26-Jul-1945		Prime Suspect
Paul Rudd	Actor	6-Apr-1969		The Shape of Things
Mike Tyson	Boxing	30-Jun-1966		Erratic heavyweight champion

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