Posted on 09/05/08
Ex-Nintendo head cashes in on Wii revolution
After a few million waves of magic Wii wands, Hiroshi Yamauchi suddenly finds himself transformed into the richest man in Japan.The former chairman of video game maker Nintendo Co. Ltd., Mr. Yamauchi's net worth ballooned by an estimated $3-billion (U.S.) to about $7.8-billion in 2007, allowing him to blow past property magnate Akira Mori and claim the top spot on the Forbes.com list of Japan's 40 Richest people.
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