$40.9B
+$830M
(+2.1%)

JP
· Age 68
Source of wealth: Telecom, Investments
Industry: finance-investments
Organization: Softbank, CEO
Residence: Tokyo
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"Masayoshi Son founded and runs investment giant SoftBank Group.",
"Investors in Son's Vision Fund 1 include Apple, Qualcomm, Foxconn, the family office of billionaire Larry Ellison and Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund.",
"The Vision Funds have invested in over 400 companies, including ride-share firm Grab, Korean e-commerce leader Coupang and India's food-delivery platform Swiggy.",
"Son is investing billions of dollars in AI, including in the $500 billion Stargate Project, in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle and MGX, to build AI infrastructure in the U.S."
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"about": [
"Son spent more than $100 million on a 9-acre estate in Silicon Valley with a 9,000 square foot mansion.",
"Son got his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley.",
"In 2024, SoftBank Group announced a joint venture with Riyadh-based investment firm Alat, for manufacturing industrial robots."
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