Nintendo chief executive Satoru Iwata has died on 13th July 2015 because of bile duct cancer. He died at the age of 55.
Iwata, who started off as a programmer, took the top post at Nintendo in 2002, two years after joining and was more recently pushing a long-awaited departure from its consoles-only policy in a bid to repair a battered balance sheet.
About Iwata:
- He was a Japanese game programmer and businessman who served as the fourth president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo.
- He worked as a programmer at HAL Laboratoryearly in his career, helping to develop games in the Super Smash Bros., Kirby, and Pokémon series.
- He was born on 6th December 1959.
- He died due to cancer in Bile duct on 11th July 2015.
About NIntendo
1. Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company.
2. headquarters : Kyoto, Japan
3. Nintendo is the world’s largest video game company by revenue.
4. Founded on September 23, 1889.
5. Founder: Fusajiro Yamauchi
What is Bile duct?
- The bile duct is a tube that transports bile from the liver to the small intestine.
- The gallbladder is attached to the bile duct by a small tube called the cystic duct.
- Bile is collected in the gallbladder between meals and empties into the bile duct through the cystic duct during a meal.
