Why Nintendo chose Tatsumi Kimishima to be their new CEO and not Genyo Takeda or Shigeru Miyamoto

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foxtail said:

Nem said:

I just have to say that picking a 65 year old to lead your company is not a good long term prospect. Thats usually retirement age.

Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't step down in his role of president of Nintendo until he was 74 years old and it also may not be so uncommon in Japan for veteran members of companies to play more important leadership roles.

 

I think Yamauchi was even more ancient than that when he stepped down... Well at least he seemed more ancient

Looking at Wikipedia (which may or may not be true, of course) he would have been 77!