Which company did Masayoshi Son found?
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SoftBank
From a software distributor it became a global tech investor.
💡 Did you know? SoftBank holds stakes in countless technology firms.
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An early stake in which company made Son fabulously rich?
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in Alibaba
He invested 20 million early: it became billions.
💡 Did you know? The bet is seen as one of the most successful in history.
What is Son’s huge fund for tech start-ups called?
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the Vision Fund
With over 100 billion dollars it is one of the largest in the world.
💡 Did you know? It invested in start-ups from Uber to WeWork.
How are Son’s investment decisions regarded?
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as extremely risky
He prefers to bet huge rather than cautiously.
💡 Did you know? Sometimes he wins unimaginably, sometimes he loses billions.
In which market collapse did Son once lose almost everything?
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in the dotcom crash
His fortune collapsed dramatically then.
💡 Did you know? He recovered: above all thanks to Alibaba.
Which immigrant background does Son have in Japan?
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a Korean one
As a child he experienced discrimination.
💡 Did you know? That makes his rise to Japan’s top all the more remarkable.
Which important British chip designer did SoftBank buy?
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Arm
Arm designs are in almost every smartphone in the world.
💡 Did you know? Thus Son secured a key role in the chip world.
On which future technology has Son recently bet especially heavily?
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on artificial intelligence
He sees AI as the next great revolution.
💡 Did you know? His chip designer Arm is especially valuable for this.
Foto: Masaru Kamikura from Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Which billionaire is shown here?
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Masayoshi Son
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