A third-party claim that Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures each own 32% of The Pokémon Company, with 4% held by others, as of 2024

How it’s built

1. Taken from a data card on FourWeekMBA's page "Who owns Pokémon". The card gives no source.

What we assumed

• The three founders hold equal stakes.Only Nintendo's 32% is confirmed, by Nintendo's own filings. The research gives no basis for the Game Freak and Creatures figures.

Sanity check

Only one of the four numbers is verified. Use it as a common belief, not a fact.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

Nintendo: 32.0% Game Freak: 32.0% Creatures Inc.: 32.0% Other/Minor: 4.0%

In English

Unsourced data card; only Nintendo's 32% is verified (F:Q06.C-3). Do not promote.

Where it’s used

• ProfileThe Pokémon Company
• ProfileNintendo
• ProfileGame Freak
• ProfileCreatures Inc.

Related figures

Built from this one

• EstimateHow control of The Pokémon Company splits34%
• EstimateImplied founder dividend receipts 34 34, year to February 2018, year to February 2024 (TPC); year to March 2018, year to March 2024 (founders' receipt years)