Leading OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round shows the tech investor's knack for seizing big opportunities.

On an evening at the turn of the millennium, Masayoshi Son had a rousing message for the entrepreneurs who flocked to Tokyo's ...

The biography of the SoftBank CEO is a behind-the-scenes look at how Son defied conventional wisdom to push global tech and ...

The U.S. and China have dominated the AI race to date, but Japan now aims to catch up with the help of major deals and ...

Japanese investment conglomerate Softbank Group (SFTBY) (JP:9984) is set to raise roughly $4.1 billion (600 billion yen) in its largest-ever ...

The Tokyo-based company, led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, said it expected its first $10 billion chunk of the deal would be financed by borrowing from Japanese bank Mizuho and other lenders and ...

The Japanese tech investor could commit to about $1 trillion in such investments, significantly more than the $500 billion AI ...

The project will address the rising demand for automation and AI, as industries increasingly rely on robotic systems.

While some of the featured leaders were ones you’d expect—cabinet nominees, congressional leaders, megadonor Elon Musk—at least one was a surprise: Masayoshi Son, the Japanese billionaire ...