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1. www.ft.com › content › 424eb5f8-efb4-4fc8-b86a-0359fThe mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter

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   Sep 21, 2024 · Late one afternoon in October 2023, as the sun slipped down over Tokyo Bay, Masayoshi Son was sitting in his private office at SoftBank headquarters, at the head of a wooden table almost as long...

2. observer.com › 2024 › 10SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Talks Up A.I. After ... - Observer

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   Oct 3, 2024 · SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate helmed by Masayoshi Son, just invested $500 million into OpenAI's $6.6 billion fundraising round. Human happiness will be A.I.'s "greatest reward," according...

3. thenyledger.com › markets › masayoshi-son-is-the-100Masayoshi Son is the $100 billion gambler who went from dirt ...

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   Sep 29, 2024 · On a night at the turn of the centuries, Masayoshi Child had a rousing message for the business owners who gathered to Tokyo’s Roppongi district. ” Japan is going through its greatest social turmoil given that the Meiji Remediation,” he stated with particular grandiosity.

4. techcrunch.com › 2024/09/22 › softbanks-masayoshiSoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has been planning his comeback

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   Sep 22, 2024 · A new Financial Times profile of Masayoshi Son opens with SoftBank’s CEO seeming to hit bottom, staring at his “ugly” face on Zoom and telling himself, “I have done nothing I can be proud of.”...

5. www.reuters.com › breakingviews › what-masayoshi-sonWhat Masayoshi Son can teach us about investing | Reuters

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   2 days ago · The clue is in the title: “Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son”. Exhibit one is Son’s investment track record, which is decidedly up and down. On the positive side of the ...

6. www.businessinsider.com › masayoshi-son-softbankInside Masayoshi Son's Bold Bets to Rule the Technology World ...

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   Sep 28, 2024 · Masayoshi Son's bold bets on tech defined an era. A new book asks if the SoftBank boss is a visionary or a gambler.

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   Who is Masayoshi Son?

   • His is a story of our times. Masayoshi Son is a quintessential outsider. This may explain his bottomless risk appetite and his desire to prove himself, over and over again. He was born in 1957 to poverty-stricken second-generation Korean immigrants on the island of Kyushu in the western Japanese archipelago.

   The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter

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   Who is Masayoshi Son 'Gambling Man'?

   • It's a story that Lionel Barber, the former editor of The Financial Times, recounts in his new book "Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan's Masayoshi Son." Over 335 pages, he charts the journey of the 67-year-old — known to many as Masa — from a life in poverty to a dizzying career betting it all on technology.

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   Is Masayoshi Son a high-stakes punter?

   • It is certainly easy to cast Son as essentially a high-stakes punter. A gripping new biography by Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financial Times, does just that. The clue is in the title: “Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son”. Exhibit one is Son’s investment track record, which is decidedly up and down.

   What Masayoshi Son can teach us about investing

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   Why did Masayoshi Son send a rousing message?

   • Read preview By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. On an evening at the turn of the millennium, Masayoshi Son had a rousing message for the entrepreneurs who flocked to Tokyo's Roppongi district.

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   How did Steve Jobs meet Masayoshi Son?

   • A helping hand from Steve Jobs, who he first met at the Comdex trade fair in Las Vegas in the 1980s, also came as SoftBank struck an exclusive carrier deal in Japan for the iPhone from 2008 to 2011. It gave him a front seat to the smartphone boom. Steve Jobs and Masayoshi Son first met in the 1980s. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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   Why did Mozer tell his wife he was going to own Japan?

   • “That guy is going to own Japan one day,” he told his wife. Later Mozer claimed that Son had gone behind his back and contracted with Japanese companies to sell American microchips (for the speech translator) that did not exist and for prices that he’d invented. He said he was not told Son was due to earn almost $1mn in fees.

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8. fortune.com › asia › 2024/09/17How Softbank’s Masayoshi Son charmed a veteran Morgan Stanley ...

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   Sep 17, 2024 · The Money Trap is Sama’s personal odyssey alongside Softbank’s iconic founder Masayoshi Son, the maverick who wanted to be remembered as “the crazy guy who bet on the future.” The following...