Hudson US president resigns post

by Jason Dobson { May 1st 2008 at 4:00AM }

There's been a changing of the guard at Hudson Entertainment, the North American flavor of Konami-owned Hudson Soft, as president and CEO John Greiner will take his leave of the company on May 15. Hudson notes that it currently has no plans to look for new blood to bring in to replace Greiner, instead stating that the U.S. division's senior exec and chairman Seiichi Ishigaki will step in to fill his shoes.

Citing the reason for his departure, the 20-year exec noted plans to "spend time with his family and pursue personal interests," which knowing Hudson as we do probably means hemming them into a corner with a bomb before admiring the carnage from a safe distance. Once the smoke clears, we wish Greiner the very best.

Tags: hudson, hudson-entertainment, hudson-soft, hudsonentertainment, hudsonsoft, john-greiner, johngreiner

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TheHuntIsOn @ May 1st 2008 4:25AM

Phew, thought that was John Lee for a moment there. He's a king of a person like.

ScottyGEE32 @ May 1st 2008 4:43AM

I saw "US president resigns post"...I skipped the Hudson part.
I was thinking "what the hell?" Then I thought "Why is this gaming news?"...

Of course, the only answer to those questions were "learn to read chump"

Chase @ May 1st 2008 5:19AM

I am 'bee'-side myself in disbelief.

Who is John Greiner? And does his butt produce honey?

voodoo_craig @ May 1st 2008 6:37AM

Silly man just left the easiest job in the world, all he had to do was attend a meeting every 6 months-

JG-Right, we need to make some more money, what should we do?

Employee-We could make another Bomberman game sir.

JG-Okay then, what's new about this one? What can we do to make people buy it?

E-We could give him a selection of hats this time...

JG-SOLD!!! *Eyes turn to Dollar signs and he makes a Keeerrrching! sound*