Who Owns The M's?

Hiroshi Yamauchi, chairman of Nintendo. He is the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, having invested $75 million in the team. He lives in Japan.

Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo of America, based in Redmond.

Howard Lincoln, chairman of Nintendo of America.

Christopher Larson, Microsoft executive.

John Ellis, chairman and chief executive officer of the Mariners; retired chairman of Puget Sound Power & Light.

Wayne Perry, vice chairman of AT&T Wireless, formerly McCaw Cellular Communications.

Judith Bigelow, partner in the law firm of Preston Gates & Ellis.

Carl Stork, general manager of the Windows Platform Group at Microsoft and husband of Judith Bigelow.

Craig Watjen, retired former assistant treasurer of Microsoft; currently is involved in several small-business ventures.

Bill Marklyn, former project manager at Microsoft; now works on software development and children's books.

John McCaw Jr., co-founder and director of McCaw Cellular. He is chairman of Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment, and majority owner of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team and Vancouver Grizzlies basketball franchise.

Jeff Raikes, senior group vice president of sales and marketing for Microsoft North America.

Rob Glaser, former Microsoft vice president; is founder of Progressive Networks, which develops multimedia and online communications technology.

Frank Shrontz, chairman of Boeing who will retire Feb. 1.

Rufus Lumry, one of the original founders of McCaw Cellular.

Raymond "Buck" Ferguson, former director of investor relations for Microsoft; now a business consultant.

John Bauer, executive vice president of Nintendo of America.

The Mariners say all team decisions are made by a seven-member board comprised of Ellis, Lincoln, Arakawa, Shrontz, McCaw, Larson and Watjen.