Hajime Satomi
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| Hajime Satomi | |
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| Born | Hajime Satomi January 16, 1942 [1] Toyko, Japan |
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| Occupation | CEO Director and Chairman of Sega Corp Chairman and Director of Sammy Corporation Chairman, CEO, President and Director of Sega Sammy Holdings[2][3][4] |
| Net worth | ▼US $1.1 billion (2006 Forbes) [5] |
Hajime Satomi (里見 治 Satomi Hajime?, born in Japan in 1942) was the founder of Sammy Corporation, an entertainment equipment manufacturer, which currently owns Sega, a world-renowned producer of arcade and software games.
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[edit] History
Hajime Satomi withdrew from Aoyama Gakuin University November 1975 and founded Sammy Corporation as an entertainment equipment manufacturer. Sammy experienced significant growth when it began manufacturing machines for the pachislot and pachinko industry (one of Japan's most popular forms of entertainment) and was successfully listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2001. Sammy Corporation is now the leading manufacturer of pachislot and pachinko machines.
Sammy Corporation, Japan's largest slot machine maker[citation needed] bought out ailing videogame maker Sega Corporation in 2004 for $394 million. Hajime Satomi heads the newly combined $4.5 billion (sales) group, now called Sega Sammy Holdings.Inc with its main businesses being those of Sammy Corporation and Sega Corporation. As a result, Sega Sammy Holdings has grown to become one of the top 60 enterprises in Japan, based on recurring income as offiscal year ending March 2005.[citation needed]
[edit] Career Highlights
At the Asia Business Leaders Award in 2005, The Sega Corporation named Satomi as the new chairman in a realignment of management, after the Sammy Corporation became Sega's biggest shareholder. Satomi Sammy's president, succeeded Hideki Sato, who has now become vice chairman of the new board. The announcement came two months after Sammy, bought 22.4 percent of Sega for 45.33 billion yen ($427 million), becoming the largest shareholder in the company.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Notice of the Appointment of the Representative Director and the Management Structures" (2004-02-17). Retrieved on 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Business Week" (2006). Retrieved on 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Notice of the Appointment of the Representative Director and the Management Structures" (2004-02-17). Retrieved on 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Notice of Revision to Interim Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2008" (2007-10-05). Retrieved on 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Forbes "World's Billionaires list 2006"", Forbes (2006-02-13). Retrieved on 8 August 2008.
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[edit] External links
- Biography of Hajime SatomiPDF (16 KiB) — 2004-02-17
- http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/0LNE.html
- http://spong.com/article/6201?cb=419
- http://globalbusinessleaders.org/WebPage/LeaderBio.aspx?leaderCd=l002&levelcd=c02r022
- http://cnbcasia.com/abla2005/finalist6.shtm
- http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1901
- http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pr/corp/tpm.html
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| Preceded by Nakayama |
CEO of Sega 2003–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| NAME | Hajime Satomi |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Founder and Chairman of Sammy Corporation, CEO of Sega |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco, Tokyo, Japan |
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