SoftBank's Masayoshi Son chases first place with tech deals
Japanese billionaire has embarked on two of the most ambitious projects of his career
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MASAYOSHI Son is a Japanese billionaire who wants to control the way your car talks to street lamps.
The 59-year-old technology investor - a grandson of South Korean immigrants who has amassed one of Japan's largest personal fortunes by pursuing grand, Silicon Valley-inspired visions - is best known outside his homeland for buying the American mobile phone carrier Sprint for US$21.6 billion in 2013.
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