Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡 Iwata Satoru, December 6th, 1959 – July 11th, 2015) was the fourth president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nintendo.

Biography
Iwata began his career as a programer for Hal Laboratory straight out of college with a degree in Computer Science. Iwata's first game he produced was Rollerball for the NES. His other early major Nintendo programming works includes Kirby's Dreamland, Earthbound, and Pokémon Stadium. In May 2002, Iwata succeeded Hiroshi as the president of Nintendo until his death on July 11th 2015 due to a Bile Duct Tumor.

During his tenure as president, Iwata helped to push the Fire Emblem series into the west due to the popularity and interest of Marth and Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee and the popularity of Intelligent Systems' other tactical role-play game, Advance Wars. Iwata served as the Executive Producer of Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, The Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Shadow Dragon, and Awakening.