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Baba Is 35-Year-Old Billionaire With Zombie and Bear Apps
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Naruatsu Baba, the 35-year-old founder of Japanese smartphone game maker Colopl Inc., has become one of the youngest billionaires in the world as Colopl stock leaped sevenfold since its December initial share sale.
The Tokyo-based app maker produces games such as “Catastrophic Zombies” and “Kuma’s Digging Adventure.” Baba holds a 69 percent stake in the company valued at $2.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He has never appeared on an international wealth ranking.