Shuntaro Furukawa (古川 俊太郎 Furukawa Shuntaro, born January 10, 1972) is a Japanese businessman and executive. He is the sixth and current president of the video game company Nintendo. He took over as company president in June 2018, succeeding Tatsumi Kimishima.
Furukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 10, 1972 to illustrator Taku Furukawa.[1][2] He grew up playing the Famicom system made by Nintendo.[3] Furukawa is a graduate of Kunitachi Senior High School,[2] and graduated from Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics in 1994.[4]
Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is the world's largest video game company by revenue.[8] Founded on September 23, 1889[2] by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards.[9] By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels.[10]
Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of over US$85 billion.[11] Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.[12]
