By November 2022, according to the Financial Times, Masayoshi Son personally owed SoftBank $4.7bn because of growing losses on the Japanese conglomerate's technology bets, which have also rendered the value of his stake in the group's second Vision Fund worthless. [106]

Jun 21, 2024 · Masayoshi Son is Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO of SoftBank Group Corp. He founded SOFTBANK Corp. Japan (currently SoftBank Group Corp.) in 1981 and has continued to serve as its chairman & CEO.

11 hours ago · A few weeks ago, SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son stood alongside US President Donald Trump to unveil the Stargate Project, an artificial intelligence venture with OpenAI that could cost $500 billion or more. Now Son is figuring out how to pay for it.

2 days ago · Masayoshi Son founded and runs investment giant SoftBank Group. Investors in Son's Vision Fund 1 include Apple, Qualcomm, Foxconn, the family office of billionaire Larry Ellison and Saudi...

Jun 20, 2024 · Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corp. Masayoshi Son has extensive knowledge and experience in corporate management, business strategy, M&A and other matters as the founder of SoftBank Group Corp.

4 days ago · When Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman first met each other in 2017 at SoftBank’s offices in Tokyo, the younger entrepreneur lacked a project large enough to tempt the tech billionaire to get his ...

While studying in the U.S., Masayoshi Son came across a striking picture of a microchip on a science magazine, which convinced him that the age of personal computers was coming. He moved on to launch the very first business to distribute PC software throughout Japan.

Jan 24, 2025 · Son Masayoshi, Japanese entrepreneur who served as chairman and CEO of Softbank Corp, a media and telecommunications company he founded in 1981. Son was known for expanding his business by using aggressive merger-and-acquisition tactics. Learn more about his life and career.

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...

Jan 24, 2025 · SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has been a champion of AI for years. The Japanese conglomerate has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies. Son joined OpenAI and Oracle to...