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Rosen served in the United States armed forces, and remained in Japan after his discharge. In 1954 he founded a company called Rosen Enterprises, Ltd. That company would merge with the jukebox manufacturer Service Games in 1965 to form Sega. Mr. Rosen became CEO of the merged company and stayed in that position after Gulf and Western's purchase of Sega in 1967 (or 1970 depending on sources), as well as after the arcade and pinball manufacturer Bally Manufacturing purchased the American division of Sega in 1983. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sega (セガ) is a video game software and hardware developer, and a former console manufacturer. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Gulf and Western Industries, for a number of years known as Gulf+Western, was a United States conglomerate. ... Bally Technologies logo Bally (with its distinctive Rolling Ball logo) Bally Technologies, Inc. ...

In 1984, he purchased the shares of Sega Enterprises from Bally with the head of a company Rosen purchased in 1979, Hayao Nakayama, and the CSK Corporation. In 1986, Rosen became the head of Sega of America after Sega went public in Japan as a corporation and split off into three divisions.

He remained at the head of Sega of America until 1989 when he hired Michael Katz as the new president. He stayed on as chairman of Sega of America until he retired on July 15th, 1996.

External link

• "David Rosen" - page on SEGAFANS website

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