MASAYOSHI SON

MASAYOSHI SON

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  1. Masayoshi Son transformed software firm Softbank into a powerful tech investor that backs some of
  2. SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son and Alibaba founder and former Chairman Jack Ma shake
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    SoftBank's Son cleaves to guts-led investing in chat with Alibaba's Ma

    Weeks after his billion-dollar bailout of WeWork, SoftBank Group Corp's founder and CEO Masayoshi Son reiterated his belief in an instinct-led ...
  3. FILE PHOTO: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conferenc
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    Stung by WeWork, SoftBank boss Son charts more cautious IPO course

    Fresh from the WeWork debacle, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son says he now aims to be more cautious about the timings of IPOs, a shift that could ...
  4. FILE PHOTO: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conferenc
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    SoftBank's Son admits mistakes after Vision Fund's US$8.9 billion loss

    SoftBank plunged to its first quarterly loss in 14 years on Wednesday, dragged down by an US$8.9 billion hit at its giant Vision Fund, as CEO ...
  5. FILE PHOTO: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conferenc
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    Floundering tech bets put spotlight on SoftBank results, Son

    SoftBank Group Corp and its founder Masayoshi Son face a day of reckoning on Wednesday when the investment juggernaut is likely to post weak ...
  6. FILE PHOTO: Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conferenc
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    SoftBank's plans for second mega-fund hit by WeWork debacle

    Softbank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is struggling to raise money for a second massive technology investment fund in the wake of the ...
  7. FILE PHOTO: Neumann, CEO of WeWork, speaks to guests during the TechCrunch Disrupt event in Manhatt
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    WeWork's Neumann voted to oust himself as CEO after failed IPO: sources

    When WeWork's directors voted on Tuesday to oust Adam Neumann as chief executive after a failed attempt to take the office-sharing startup public, ...
  8. FILE PHOTO: The WeWork logo is displayed on the entrance of a co-working space in New York
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    WeWork IPO valuation may dip below US$20 billion in fresh blow to leading investor SoftBank

    WeWork owner The We Company is considering slashing the valuation of its planned stock market launch to below US$20 billion, two people familiar ...
  9. FILE PHOTO: Logo of SoftBank Group Corp is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo
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    SoftBank says Vision Fund 2 could start investing soon, bags big gains on first

    Japan's SoftBank Group Corp raked in a better-than-expected quarterly operating profit as it saw a leap in investing gains from its US$100 billion ...
  10. A journalist raises her hand to ask a question to Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive
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    SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says Japan lacks investment opportunities, is AI 'developing country'

    SoftBank Group Corp founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Thursday that there is a dearth of investment opportunities in Japan, which ...