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'''Hajime Satomi''' (里見 治, born in Japan in 1942) was the founder of [[Sammy|Sammy Corporation]], an entertainment equipment manufacturer, which currently owns [[Sega]], a world-renowned producer of arcade and software games. His son, [[Haruki Satomi]], is the current CEO of Sega Games Co., Ltd.
 
'''Hajime Satomi''' (里見 治, born in Japan in 1942) was the founder of [[Sammy|Sammy Corporation]], an entertainment equipment manufacturer, which currently owns [[Sega]], a world-renowned producer of arcade and software games. His son, [[Haruki Satomi]], is the current CEO of Sega Games Co., Ltd.
  

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Hajime Satomi
Date of birth: 1942 (age 81-82)
Role(s): Executive

Hajime Satomi (里見 治, 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. His son, Haruki Satomi, is the current CEO of Sega Games Co., Ltd.

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 maker, 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. As a result, Sega Sammy Holdings has grown to become one of the top 60 enterprises in Japan, based on recurring income as of fiscal year ending March 2005.

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.

Production History

SEGA of Japan Executives
Chairmen Isao Okawa (1984-2001) | Hajime Satomi (2004-current)
Presidents Hayao Nakayama (1984-1998) | Shoichiro Irimajiri (1998-2001) | Hideki Sato (2001-2003) | Hisao Oguchi (2003-2008) | Okitane Usui (2008-2012) | Naoya Tsurumi (2012-current) | Hideki Okamura (2014-current) | Haruki Satomi (2015-current)