Masayoshi Son
1957- · Japanese-Korean · Digital Age
Known for: Founder of SoftBank, greatest single investment in history ($20M → $60B in Alibaba)
Third-generation Korean-Japanese. Moved to California at 16, made first million selling a pocket translator to Sharp. Founded SoftBank 1981.
$20M Alibaba bet became $60B—history's greatest venture investment. $100B Vision Fund bets on WeWork, Uber, ARM. Lost $70B in dot-com crash and rebuilt.
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