The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed
Masa first encountered Steve Jobs in the mid-1980s at the annual Comdex trade fair in Las Vegas. Sometime in the summer of 1998, they had their first serious conversation under a cherry tree at the ...
What Drives Billionaire Masayoshi Son?
The man behind SoftBank has now teamed up with OpenAI to invest up to $500 billion in American AI infrastructure over the ...
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The $17B gamble made on the basis of a handshake with Steve Jobs
a new piece telling the story of Softbank founder Masayoshi Son making a $17B gamble on the basis of a gentleman’s agreement with Steve Jobs. Invariably known as Masa, the Japanese entrepreneur ...
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The Japanese Tech Titan Who Came to Kiss Trump’s Ring
Ahead of his meeting with the president-elect, Masa was prepped by Adelson and Steve Schwarzman ... was more like 1,500 jobs. What chance is there that Masayoshi Son and Trump will meet the ...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Are AI’s New Power Couple
The Japanese conglomerate is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost the ChatGPT developer.
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What Drives Billionaire Masayoshi Son?
Billionaire Masayoshi Son has a vision for the future ... Lionel Barber: Yeah, he's not Steve Jobs in that he didn't produce the Apple Mac or the iPhone and these fantastic products.