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Masayoshi Son

Telcos, Media & Tech

Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman see no end to AI demand and scaling

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during the company's annual general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, June 27, 2025.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Masayoshi Son hints at succession plan while chasing AI ambition

Son has built his career on taking long-shot gambles. It hasn’t always worked out. But such a mentality has propelled his rise from Japanese slum to the single-largest foreign investor in the US.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The magical thinking of Masa Son

FILE PHOTO: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at the SoftBank World 2023 corporate conference, in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Tang/File Photo
Companies & Markets

Masayoshi Son pitches US$1 trillion US AI hub to TSMC, Trump team

People gather in front of a screen showing SoftBank Group Corp logo before a news conference for SoftBank Group Corp., in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
Companies & Markets

SoftBank, OpenAI unveil Japan AI joint venture

Speaking alongside US President-elect Donald Trump (right), SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (left) confirmed the investment company’s financial commitment, adding that Trump’s victory had “tremendously increased” his confidence in the US economy.
Global Enterprise

Trump touts US$100 billion SoftBank investment, vowing 100,000 jobs

Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. SoftBank World, the company’s annual event for customers and suppliers, continues through Friday. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
International

SoftBank’s Son to pledge US$100 billion in US investments

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son remains a tech optimist in a world that is succumbing to pessimism.
Opinion & Features

Masayoshi Son may be the oddest of the oddball billionaires

Masayoshi Son heads up Japan’s biggest tech investor and has made hundreds of bets on startups and companies developing new technologies and services powered by AI.
International

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son envisions AI running households in next few years

SoftBank’s close ties with Nvidia and OpenAI have strengthened the company’s position amid a global race to build AI-related infrastructure.
Companies & Markets

SoftBank trades above record-high close in win for Masayoshi Son

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