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New Sega CEO, Chairman Announced

Sega has named chief operating officer Hideki Sato as its new CEO, in the wake of the sudden death of Isao Okawa last Friday of heart failure.

Game Developer, Staff

March 21, 2001

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Sato, who has been with Sega since 1971, has been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company as the company's co-COO, a title he shares with Tetsu Kayama. Kayama remains co-chief operating officer. Last year Sato worked with Okawa to fashion Sega's strategic exit from the console business and its transformation into a platform-neutral game publisher. Yoshiji Fukushima, a Sega board member since 1996 and the chairman of CSK Corp., becomes the new chairman of Sega. CSK was founded by Okawa, and has a 24.5% stake in Sega.

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