Hajime Satomi

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name = Hajime Satomi
birth_name = Hajime Satomi
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1942|1|16|mf=y [cite web|url= http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/release/rel_pdf/se/20040217.pdf|title=Notice of the Appointment of the Representative Director and the Management Structures|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2004-02-17]
birth_place = 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 [cite web|url= http://www.businessweek.com/it100/2006/88.htm|title=Business Week|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2006] [cite web|url= http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/release/rel_pdf/se/20040217.pdf|title=Notice of the Appointment of the Representative Director and the Management Structures|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2004-02-17] [cite web|url= http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/05102007adjust.pdf|title=Notice of Revision to Interim Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2008|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2007-10-05]
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US $1.1 billion (2006 Forbes) [cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/0LNE.html|title=Forbes "World's Billionaires list 2006"|work=Forbes|accessdate=2008-08-08|date=2006-02-13]
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Nihongo|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.

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 makerFact|date=April 2008 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.Fact|date=April 2008

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.

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External links

*PDFlink| [http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/release/rel_pdf/se/20040217.pdf Biography of Hajime Satomi] |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

Articles

* [http://news.spong.com/article/6201/Full_report_-_Sega_appoints_Sammy_CEO_Satomi_as_chairman_-_Must_read] Satomi appointed as Chairman of Sega

Interviews

* [http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1901 Interview by Spiegel Online] - 2006-10-12

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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
DATE OF DEATH=
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