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The latest news on billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, including Japanese business news and updates.
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Born
11 Aug 1957
Industry
Technology, Business
Job Title
Founder, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group
last updated:
7 October, 2024
Artificial intelligence
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son aims to foster a new era of ‘super’ AI
Son sees a future when chips designed by SoftBank subsidiary Arm support a thriving ecosystem of robots and powerful data centres.
21 Jun 2024 - 3:54PM
Artificial intelligence
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AI boom echoes the dotcom bubble, but not in the way you think
5 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi US$100 billion manufacturing fund invests in SoftBank, Dahua
21 Feb 2024 - 5:16PM
Foxconn
Apple’s operating chief makes rare Taiwan visit for Foxconn gala
Jeff Williams was a guest of honour at a gala celebrating the iPhone assembler’s 50th anniversary, also attended by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and Arm boss Rene Haas.
21 Feb 2024 - 1:24PM
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Millionaires and billionaires
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son adds US$4 billion to his wealth on Arm’s 192% rally
The Japanese tycoon is currently worth US$15.1 billion, compared with US$11.3 billion at the end of last year. Son is benefiting from Arm’s rally because he owns roughly a third of SoftBank, which holds 90 per cent of the UK chip designer.
13 Feb 2024 - 6:37PM
Alibaba
Japan’s SoftBank concludes run as Alibaba’s biggest shareholder
SoftBank expects to book US$8.5 billion, about 425 times the value of its initial Alibaba investment, for its 2024 financial year after divesting more than 500 million shares in the e-commerce giant.
27 Jan 2024 - 4:26PM
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Alibaba
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Jack Ma, Joe Tsai replace SoftBank as Alibaba’s largest shareholders
The combined stakes of the two co-founders eclipsed SoftBank Group, which has reduced its shares in Alibaba through a series of forward contracts.
24 Jan 2024 - 6:08PM
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Artificial intelligence
iPhone design chief enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman to work on AI devices
Legendary industrial designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are enlisting an Apple veteran to work on a new artificial intelligence hardware project, aiming to create devices with the latest capabilities.
27 Dec 2023 - 4:41PM
Artificial intelligence
Nearly all OpenAI staff threaten to go to Microsoft unless board quits
More than 700 of OpenAI's roughly 770 employees signed a letter, calling for all board members to resign and for fired CEO Sam Altman to be reinstated.
21 Nov 2023 - 4:08PM
ChatGPT and other generative AIs
Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said to eye possible return to ChatGPT creator
A day after the OpenAI board fired him, Sam Altman was talking with the company’s executives about improving its governance structure, while discussing with some core ChatGPT researchers about starting a new artificial intelligence company.
19 Nov 2023 - 9:43PM
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Softbank
WeWork saga cost SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son US$11.5 billion and his credibility
Once valued at US$47 billion, WeWork’s plunge into bankruptcy damaged the professional reputation of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son far beyond the US$11.5 billion he lost in the co-working office space start-up.
8 Nov 2023 - 3:35PM
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Digital currencies
Ex-SoftBank executive sets up UAE stablecoin pegged to dirham
Akshay Naheta, who pitched SoftBank on selling chip firm Arm to Nvidia, set up his stablecoin firm DTR in the emirate’s financial free zone in Abu Dhabi.
2 Oct 2023 - 11:47AM
Semiconductors
Arm IPO reduces fundraising goal as investors weigh China risks
The SoftBank Group-owned chip firm aims to raise US$5 billion to US$7 billion, and its valuation could end up in the range of US$50 billion to US$60 billion.
4 Sep 2023 - 4:16PM
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Semiconductors
IPO of chip firm Arm turns into tug of war for influence among tech giants
Tech giants are scrambling to get a piece of the IPO for Arm, which designs chips that are critical to mobile devices, to prevent rivals from gaining an edge.
23 Aug 2023 - 3:13PM
Semiconductors
SoftBank’s mobile chip firm Arm files for IPO set to be 2023’s biggest
The semiconductor design firm did not disclose proposed terms for the sale, but it is expected to seek a valuation of US$60 billion to US$70 billion.
22 Aug 2023 - 7:51PM
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Semiconductors
British chip design firm Arm rolls out new tech for mobile devices
Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek said it will be using Arm’s latest tech innovation to boost the performance of next-generation smartphones.
29 May 2023 - 4:48PM
Hong Kong stock market
Alibaba, JD Logistics shares retreat as SoftBank reportedly plans to pare stakes
Chinese technology companies held by SoftBank face a threat to their recovery from Beijing’s regulatory crackdown: the Japanese investment firm reportedly plans to trim its substantial portfolio of China assets.
13 Apr 2023 - 4:49PM
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Semiconductors
SoftBank-backed Arm rules out UK listing for now to focus on US IPO
SoftBank-owned Arm will not sell shares on the London Stock Exchange for now, dealing a blow to UK politicians who were lobbying the home-grown chip design giant ahead of its initial public offering.
3 Mar 2023 - 8:23PM
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China is betting on this chip design standard to fight US tech curbs
A group of Chinese semiconductor companies have unveiled close to a dozen new chips based on the RISC-V open-source architecture.
2 Dec 2022 - 9:30PM
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Alibaba
SoftBank to book US$34 billion gain from selling Alibaba shares
SoftBank’s stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant will fall to 14.6 per cent from 23.7 per cent after the settlement of prepaid forward contracts.
10 Aug 2022 - 6:11PM
Softbank
SoftBank plans additional London listing for Arm IPO
SoftBank is adjusting plans for an initial public offering of its Arm chip technology division, with a planned London listing as well, but is still likely to list the majority of what it offers for trading on US exchanges.
15 Jun 2022 - 11:00AM
Softbank
SoftBank faces record loss amid plunging tech valuations
The world’s largest tech fund is estimated to have lost about US$18.6 billion on its public portfolio in the quarter ended March.
12 May 2022 - 1:22PM
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International Property
Fit for tech royalty: Inside the most expensive home in Bay Area
Fit for a king, here’s everything you need to know about the Woodside estate, the most expensive home to ever be listed in the Bay Area
20 Apr 2022 - 3:00AM
Indonesia
Indonesia turns to Middle East, crowdfunding to finance new capital city project
With Japan’s SoftBank exiting Indonesia’s US$34 billion Nusantara project, analysts say it’s unclear whether other foreign investors, including from Saudi Arabia, will come on board.
4 Apr 2022 - 9:39PM
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Semiconductors
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Arm China asserts right to go public independent of British semiconductor firm Arm
The defiant head of Arm China said the company may go public in either Shanghai or Hong Kong after 2025.
30 Mar 2022 - 6:24PM
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