6.Kunio Busujima & family – $5 billion
One of the richest people in Japan is Kunio Busujima.
Net Worth: $5 billion
Source: Self made, gaming
Kunio Busujima is the founder of Sankyo, and of one of the most famous arcade/gambling games in the world, the Pachinko gambling-machine, which still brings millions to the company.
Sankyo is now run by Kunio Busujima’s son, Hideyuki. The company is all about reinventing games, and in 2010 they released Fever X in Japan, a game perfect for younger players.
The company is working for restructuring the product development, so they could get games on the market faster than ever.