The Pokémon Company International/History

The Pokémon Company International was founded in February 2001 as Pokémon USA, Inc. (shortened to PUI and PUSA). It was later merged in 2009 with Pokémon UK (itself founded in March 2003 ) to form the current international subsidiary. The company's president is Kenji Okubo, the former head of Pokémon USA. Okubo said the two companies had worked closely together on a day-to-day basis and that the change in name was done to reflect the connection between the two offices and ensure their worldwide reach.