Masayoshi Son

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Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and investor, best known as the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group and for his influential role in global technology investing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf billionaire
businessperson
entrepreneur
human
investor
businessPhilosophy aggressive, long-term technology investing
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1957-08-11
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
ethnicGroup Zainichi Korean
familyName Son
fieldOfStudy economics
founded SoftBank
SoftBank Group Corp.
SoftBank Internet and Media (SIMI)
SoftBank Vision Fund
givenName Masayoshi
knownFor creating the SoftBank Vision Fund
early investment in Alibaba Group
founding SoftBank
large-scale investments in technology companies
languageSpoken English
Japanese
name Masayoshi Son
nativeName 孫正義
netWorthRanking one of the richest people in Japan
notableInvestment ARM Holdings
Alibaba Group
ByteDance
Coupang
Didi Chuxing
DoorDash
Grab
Ola Cabs
Sprint Corporation
Uber Technologies
WeWork
notableStrategy using large-scale leverage to fund technology investments
notableWork building SoftBank into a global technology investment conglomerate
numberOfChildren 2
occupation business executive
entrepreneur
investor
placeOfBirth Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan
positionHeld chairman of SoftBank Group
chief executive officer of SoftBank Group
founder of SoftBank Group
residence Tokyo, Japan
spouse Masami Son


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