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The World's Billionaires

#143 Kunio Busujima & family

03.10.10, 06:00 PM EST

Founder of Sankyo, the pachinko gambling-machine maker, now run by his son Hideyuki.


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Courtesy of Sanko
Net Worth:$5.4 bil
Fortune:Self Made
Source:gaming
Age:84
Country Of Citizenship:Japan
Residence:Gunma
Education:Kiryu Comm & Tech, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Marital Status:Married, 4 children
Founder of Sankyo, the pachinko gambling-machine maker, now run by his son Hideyuki. Newest units feature comic book characters and pop diva Kumi Koda. Expects big gain in net income for fiscal year, reversing the one-third drop in previous 12 months. Known to nongamblers as sponsor of the Sankyo Ladies Open golf tournament.



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For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 12, 2010.
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