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

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MakeAccountLater said:

foxtail said:

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!

Hiroshi Yamauchi Born: November 7, 1927

Retired from Presidency: May, 2002

So Yamauchi let Iwata take the reins when Yamauchi himself was around the age of 74½ years old.