Forbes top 2000 of 2012. MS, Sony, Nintendo, Apple, Samsung and Google listed.

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wfz said:

KHlover said:

wfz said:
Nintendo was founded in 1947? What?

"Um den Vertrieb der Hanafuda-Karten im Ausland zu ermöglichen, gründete Sekiryo Yamauchi im Jahr 1947 eine neue Gesellschaft, die Marufuku Co. Ltd (丸福), die 1951 in Karuta Nintendo Co. Ltd. umbenannt wurde."

Rough translation: "To enable the distribution of the Hanafuda playing cards abroad, Sekiryo Yamauchi founded a new corporation/company (not entirely sure on this one) named Marufuku Co. Ltd (丸福) in 1947 which later was renamed "Karuta Nintendo Co. Ltd.".

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#1889.E2.80.931970

Interesting, the english wiki says nothing of that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#As_a_card_company_.281889.E2.80.931956.29

I didn't know Nintendo re-made themselves in 1947. I thought they had been the same company since 1889.

The company began in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai.  It was renamed Yamauchi Nintendo & Company in 1933.  Again renamed to Marufuku Company, Ltd in 1947 (why Forbes calls this the founding date of the company makes absolutely no sense).  Another name change came about in 1949: Nintendo Playing Card Company, Limited.  Marufuku Company, Limited was itself branched off into a distribution sub-division within the company and renamed Nintendo Karuta Company, Limited.  They went public in 1962 and 1 year finalized the name we know today: Nintendo Company, Limited.