“If I had stayed all the time in Japan, I probably would have become much more conservative, just as other Japanese.”
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Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. A Zainichi Korean, he is the founder, chairman and chief executive of SoftBank Group (SBG), a technology-focused investment holding company, as well as chairman of UK-based Arm Holdings and US-based Stargate LLC.
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business · Japanese entrepreneur (born 1957) · entrepreneur · engineer · also Masayoshi Son, Yasumoto Masayoshi, Son
Born 11 August 1957 · Q717038
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2026· 7 entries
Public attention spiked: 2,768 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 786, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Masayoshi Son Calls AI Bubble Talk an ‘Insult,’ Delays Retiring” (Bloomberg L.P.).
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Bloomberg L.P.: Masayoshi Son Calls AI Bubble Talk an ‘Insult,’ Delays Retiring
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Forbes: Masayoshi Son’s Fortune Drops Nearly $22 Billion Since Losing Asia’s Richest Title
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SoftBank Group’s market value surpassed Toyota’s to rank first in Japan, propelling founder Masayoshi Son’s net worth to $100
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Public attention spiked: 2,804 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 786, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Softbank's Masayoshi Son reveals where he sees the next trillion-dollar opportunity” (CNBC).
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CNBC: Softbank's Masayoshi Son reveals where he sees the next trillion-dollar opportunity
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2025· 3 entries
The Wall Street Journal: Masayoshi Son
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Insider: 'I don't want to sell a single share': SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son says he was crying over dumping Nvidia stock
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Nasdaq: What Drives Billionaire Masayoshi Son?
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2024· 5 entries
AOL: Masayoshi Son is the $100 billion gambler who went from dirt track to tech titan — and he isn't done betting yet
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Bloomberg L.P.: Masayoshi Son Adds $4 Billion to His Wealth on Arm’s 192% Rally
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Business Insider: Masayoshi Son made $72 billion betting on Jack Ma's Alibaba. Now he wants to do it again with AI.
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“Realizing Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) for the Evolution of Humanity”
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And 2025, SoftBank reported a return to profitability following earlier losses in the Vision Fund segment
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2019· 2 entries
A second Vision Fund was created with a target of $108 billion, of which $38 billion would come from SoftBank itself
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“Masayoshi Son's 10,000-word interview: AI is the only thing I care about now, and I am an absolute believer in technology”
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2018).
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Including additional purchases of the stock since 2000
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2017· 3 entries
Was named Entrepreneur of the Year at The Asian Awards
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SoftBank Group's investment vehicle, the $100 billion Vision Fund, was intended to invest in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and the internet of things
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Creating an unprecedented investment vehicle of almost $100 billion to back technology startups
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2016· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $17B (as of 2016).
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2013· 1 entry
Son was placed 45th on the Forbes magazine's list of the World's Most Powerful People
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2011· 1 entry
Masayoshi Son criticized the nuclear industry for creating "the problem that worries Japanese the most today" and engaged in investing in a nationwide solar power network for Japan
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2000· 2 entries
When it was a young Chinese startup company although regrettably passing up early opportunities to invest in both Amazon and Tesla
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Grew substantially over the years, reaching a valuation of around $75 billion by 2014 following Alibaba's IPO, and contributing significantly to SoftBank's financial success
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1995· 1 entry
And investing a $20 million stake into Alibaba in 1999; he was briefly the richest person in the world before the stock market crashed
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1981· 1 entry
As a software distributor and a publisher of computer-related literature
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1957· 3 entries
In Tosu, Saga Prefecture to Zainichi Korean parents
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Born 1957-08-11.
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“in The Asahi Shimbun (4 October 2023) Despite people’s view that SoftBank might be struggling, we continue to grow. Don’t think about the past.”
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