SoftBank Group

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multinational conglomerate holding company public company

SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company best known for its large-scale technology investments and telecommunications businesses.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multinational conglomerate holding company → public company →
businessModel	holding company →
chairman	Masayoshi Son →
chiefExecutiveOfficer	Masayoshi Son →
countryOfOrigin	Japan →
focusesOn	technology sector investments → telecommunications services →
formerName	SoftBank Corp. →
foundedAs	SoftBank Corp. →
foundedBy	Masayoshi Son →
founder	Masayoshi Son →
hasDivision	investment management → telecom operations →
headquartersLocation	Minato, Tokyo, Japan →
inception	1981 →
industry	conglomerate → finance → technology investment → telecommunications →
keyPerson	Masayoshi Son →
legalForm	Kabushiki gaisha →
notableCharacteristic	large-scale technology investments → leveraged investment strategy →
notableInvestment	Alibaba Group → ByteDance (indirect / via funds) → Coupang → Didi Chuxing → DoorDash → Grab → Ola Cabs → Sprint Corporation (historical controlling stake) → Uber Technologies → WeWork →
notableProject	SoftBank Vision Fund →
owns	Arm Holdings (historical majority stake) → SoftBank Corp. → SoftBank Vision Fund → SoftBank Vision Fund 2 →
regionServed	worldwide →
renamedTo	SoftBank Group Corp. →
renamingDate	2015 →
stockExchange	Tokyo Stock Exchange →
subsidiary	SoftBank Corp. → SoftBank Robotics (historical) → SoftBank Vision Fund → SoftBank Vision Fund 2 →
tickerSymbol	9984 →
website	https://group.softbank/en →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Masayoshi Son ("SoftBank") → Masayoshi Son ("SoftBank Group Corp.") → Masayoshi Son ("SoftBank Internet and Media (SIMI)") →	founded
Arm Ltd. → SoftBank Hawks →	acquiredBy
SoftBank Investment Advisers ("SoftBank Group Corp.") → SoftBank Vision Fund →	parentOrganization
SoftBank Group ("SoftBank Corp.") → SoftBank Group ("SoftBank Robotics (historical)") →	subsidiary
Arm Ltd. (acquisition attempt – terminated) ("SoftBank Group Corp.") →	announcedBy
Rajeev Misra ("SoftBank Group Corp.") →	associatedWith
SoftBank Vision Fund →	backedBy
Minato, Tokyo, Japan ("SoftBank Group Corp.") →	containsOrganizationHeadquarters
SoftBank Hawks ("SoftBank Corp.") →	corporateOwner
Rajeev Misra →	employer
SoftBank Group ("SoftBank Corp.") →	formerName
SoftBank Group ("SoftBank Corp.") →	foundedAs
SoftBank Investment Advisers ("SoftBank Group Corp.") →	foundedBy
SoftBank Hawks →	owner
SoftBank Group ("SoftBank Corp.") →	owns
Didi Chuxing ("SoftBank") →	receivedInvestmentFrom
SoftBank Group ("SoftBank Group Corp.") →	renamedTo
Arm Ltd. (acquisition attempt – terminated) ("SoftBank Group Corp.") →	seller