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Gen Fukunaga (福永 元 (Fukunaga Gen)) was born on 1962-03- in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan, is an American engineer. Discover Gen Fukunaga's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
| Popular As |
福永 元 (Fukunaga Gen) |
| Occupation |
Engineer
entrepreneur |
| Age |
62 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
1962-03-, 1962 |
| Birthday |
1962-03- |
| Birthplace |
Itami, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Nationality |
Japan
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Gen Fukunaga Height, Weight & Measurements
At 62 years old, Gen Fukunaga height not available right now. We will update Gen Fukunaga's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Gen Fukunaga's Wife?
His wife is Cindy Brennan
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Cindy Brennan |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
3 |
Gen Fukunaga Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gen Fukunaga worth at the age of 62 years old? Gen Fukunaga’s income source is mostly from being a successful Founder. He is from Japan. We have estimated Gen Fukunaga's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Founder |
Gen Fukunaga Social Network
Timeline
Gen Fukunaga (福永 元) is a Japanese-born American engineer and entrepreneur.
He established Funimation (now Crunchyroll), a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States.
He graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1979.
Fukunaga attended Purdue University where he got his BSEE in 1982 and his MSEE in 1984.
He later moved to Boca Raton, Florida to work as an engineer for IBM.
He then attended Columbia Business School, obtaining an MBA in 1989.
He held a position with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) before getting a job with Tandem Computers in Sunnyvale, California.
Fukunaga is also the co-founder and manager of EchoLight Studios, a Texas-based Christian television production company run by Rick Santorum.
EchoLight initially shared office space with Fukunaga's Funimation.
Originally, Toei Animation told Funimation that they could not have the Dragon Ball series.
However, Fukunaga's uncle, Nagafumi Hori, was one of the producers for Toei Company and helped him convince Toei Animation to give the license to Funimation.
So Fukunaga went to a coworker named Daniel Cocanougher, whose family owned a feed mill in Decatur, Texas, and convinced the Cocanougher family to sell their business and invest in creating a production company.
With that, Funimation was established in 1994.
In 2005, Funimation was acquired by the Navarre Corporation for US$100.4 million, Fukunaga still remained the company's CEO.
As of October 2011, Fukunaga was named chairman of online video game publisher GameSamba.
Fukunaga was born in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan, and grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana in the United States.
In 2011, the company was sold to a group of investors which included Fukunaga himself.
In 2017, 95% of Funimation was sold to Sony Pictures Television Networks for US$143 million, with Fukunaga retaining a 5% stake.
He served as its president and chairman until 2019, where he stepped down.
In 2019, Fukanaga stepped down as general manager of Funimation.
His remaining equity interest was repurchased by Sony Pictures when he left the firm.
In 2022, Funimation changed its name to Crunchyroll LLC, after a streaming service of the same name it had a acquired one year earlier.
During an October 2023 seminar at Columbia Business School’s Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Fukunaga was asked by an audience member why he chose to retire from Funimation.
Fukunaga replied, "Honestly, after cashing out twice in the company, I really didn’t need to work for a living anymore!"
Fukunaga is married to Cindy Brennan, who also was a co-founder and former executive producer at Funimation.
They have three children.
He has one sister, Nina Fukunaga Johnson, who is a radiation oncologist in Michigan.
