Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

Masayoshi Son is the CEO and founder of tech and telecommunications ... a multilingual translator bought by Sharp for about $1 million, according to Bloomberg. In the 1980s, Son founded SoftBank ...

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but it's worth bearing in mind how Masayoshi Son first became rich: he sold a translation device patent to Sharp for $1 million. What are the odds on that? Rumors of Sprint's $12 billion ...

On an evening at the turn of the millennium, Masayoshi Son had a rousing message for the entrepreneurs who flocked to Tokyo's ...

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Masayoshi Son, the CEO of the Japanese multinational investment company SoftBank, has pledged a hefty investment deal with Donald Trump for the U.S. On December 16, 2024, the two jointly announced ...

Masayoshi Son has a vision for the future of the world. But what does that vision look like? Lionel Barber is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Financial Times and author of the book “Gambling ...

Summary. Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank, the Japanese media technology conglomerate, is often cast as a dreamer, financial engineer, and speculator. But his career ...

President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his side ... according to its most recent earnings report. After a sharp decline in shares between 2021 and 2023, its ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on ...