Masayoshi Son
$26.6B
Born
Aug 11, 1957
Age
67
Source of Wealth
Telecom, Investments
Residence
Tokyo,
Citizenship
Japan
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, Berkeley
- 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.
- For the year ended March 2024, SoftBank Group reported a $1.7 billion loss, down from $7.3 billion the previous year.
- In December, Son pledged that SoftBank will invest $100 billion and create 100,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next four years of Donald Trump's second presidential term.
- 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.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOKYO | 9984-JP | SoftBank Group Corp. | 455,565,000 | 49.86 | JPY |