Hiromi is one remaining family member whose relationship with Kazuo is said to be still intact. She joined him last fall in suing Universal Entertainment on claims that he was wrongly ousted.<\/p>\n
\nPlease understand, I love Universal, I created Universal and I’m trying to protect it. The person who loves the company the most, the one that has nurtured it for 50 years, is that the person going to do something as stupid as what they are claiming I did?” Okada stated in an interview with Inside Asian Gaming <\/i>in October.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
“That one person who protected it and made it what it is, is he going to do these petty, minor actions or in the way that they described them? That owner, the founder, is he going to do that to his own company? It’s ridiculous,” Okada demanded.<\/p>\n
Investigation Ongoing<\/b><\/h2>\n
Though Okada has been cleared in Hong Kong, an arrest warrant for him remains active in the Philippines. Authorities there have accused him of “estafa” \u2013 a form of fraud, and allege he stole $3 million from Universal\/Tiger Resort.<\/p>\n
According to Forbes<\/i>, Okada and his family’s current net worth is $2.1 billion.<\/p>\n
Okada made a large portion of his fortune by being one of Steve Wynn’s earliest investors in Wynn Resorts. The tycoon once controlled around 20 percent of the Las Vegas casino operator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aruze Gaming CEO Takahiro Usui has announced his resignation from the company, as the Hong Kong manufacturer continues to distance itself from its founder and former chairman Kazuo Okada. Usui has been viewed as an ally to Okada, the billionaire who was forced out of the company by his own family members in 2017. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":106569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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