13 Facts About Gen Fukunaga

Gen Fukunaga is a Japanese-born American engineer and entrepreneur.

Gen Fukunaga established Funimation, a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States.

Gen Fukunaga served as its president and chairman until 2019, where he stepped down.

Gen Fukunaga was born in Itami, Hyogo, Japan, and grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana in the United States.

Gen Fukunaga graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1979.

Gen Fukunaga attended Purdue University where he got his BSEE in 1982 and his MSEE in 1984.

Gen Fukunaga later moved to Boca Raton, Florida to work as an engineer for IBM.

Gen Fukunaga then attended Columbia Business School, obtaining an MBA in 1989.

Gen Fukunaga held a position with Andersen Consulting before getting a job with Tandem Computers in Sunnyvale, California.

Gen Fukunaga is the co-founder and manager of EchoLight Studios, a Texas-based Christian television production company run by Rick Santorum.

In 2005, Funimation was acquired by the Navarre Corporation for US$100.4 million, Gen Fukunaga still remained the company's CEO.

Gen Fukunaga is married to Cindy Brennan, who was a co-founder and former executive producer at Funimation.

Gen Fukunaga has one sister, Nina Fukunaga Johnson, who is a radiation oncologist in Michigan.