Nintendo CEO Iwata dies at 55

• Nintendo (OTCPK:NTDOY) reports that its CEO and president, Satoru Iwata, has died at 55 from a bile duct growth.
• Iwata had taken an extended leave last year to address the growth.
• His passing leaves two representative directors at the company, it said in its release: Genyo Takeda and Shigeru Miyamoto, both senior managing directors.
• Miyamoto, a legendary game creator for Nintendo, last month discussed his own succession and noted that younger members of his teams were stepping up.