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Moren on 06 October 2011

Hiroshi.
Maybe in the technology icon, but Yamauchi beats him in gaming.

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TruckOSaurus on 06 October 2011

I had to google Hiroshi Yamauchi so I was pretty sure I'd vote Bill Gates but reading the Wiki about Yamauchi I have to say that he did a lot more for gaming than Gates so I'm voting:

Hiroshi Yamauchi

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Wetcoaster on 06 October 2011

Yamauchi gets my vote

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Pyro as Bill on 06 October 2011

I assume we must be talking about software industry and not the gaming industry.

Either way the answer is still Yamauchi and anyone who disagrees can kiss my little yellow balls.

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fordy on 06 October 2011

Yamauchi.

The guy who oversaw Nintendo's transition to a videogame company as well as managing Nintendo during the rebuilding of the videogame industry deserves some credit, even if some of his later comments were a little strange.

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