Nintendo's Kaplan, Llewelyn, and Harrison resign than move to NY or SF

Filed in archive Nintendo on June 7, 2007

Three of the biggest names in Nintendo of America are said to have resigned rather than join the relocation of Nintendo's Sales Team from Redmond, Washington to New York or San Francisco. Perrin Kaplan, george harrison and Beth Llewelyn have reportedly resigned than move to sunnier San Francisco or even New York.

Three top executives and 90% of Sales and Marketing staff at Nintendo of America have decided not to relocate to New York or San Francisco when the division moves later this month. George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Beth Llewelyn, Senior Director of Public Relations, and Perrin Kaplan, Vice President, Marking and Corporate Affairs are all resigning their posts when Sales and Marketing makes the move from Redmond, where NOA is currently headquarted. Sources close to Game Informer Online have reported that these three and the other resigning employees will take a severance package of some sort.