Masayoshi Son

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05 January, 2017

Apple to invest $1 bn in SoftBank Vision Fund

Apple Inc. is investing $1 billion in SoftBank Corp’s $100-billion tech fund, according to a report in a major international ......

General

28 December, 2016

Cash-rich Japanese firms may drive overseas deals as China faces curbs

Japan Inc may become a more important force in dealmaking next year as its cashed-up companies seek to buy growth ......

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02 December, 2016

SoftBank's Son on being a crazy guy and betting on the future

SoftBank Group Corp chairman and managing director Masayoshi Son is a man of strong convictions and once convinced he pursues ......

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22 November, 2016

JLL, HDFC Red eye Housing.com; SoftBank comes in with bridge round

Japanese telecom and Internet conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp, a leading investor in several Indian tech startups, has put in an ......

General

14 October, 2016

SoftBank joins hands with Saudi sovereign fund to create mammoth investment corpus

Japanese telecom and technology firm SoftBank Group Corp. said on Friday it will set up a global fund along with ......

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28 July, 2016

Nikesh Arora's two-year stay cost SoftBank $300 mn

SoftBank Group Corp said on Thursday it has booked as much as 6.8 billion yen ($65 million) in expenses related ......

Technology

22 June, 2016

SoftBank began search for India head before Arora quit

Softbank Group Corp had quietly started a formal search for a head of its big—and troubled—India bets even before the ......

General

21 June, 2016

Nikesh Arora resigns from SoftBank

SoftBank Group Corp said on Tuesday president and chief operating officer Nikesh Arora has decided to resign from the company, ......

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21 April, 2016

Unnamed stakeholders allege "wrongdoing" on part of SoftBank COO Nikesh Arora; Co defends him

A group of unnamed stakeholders in the Japanese multinational SoftBank Group Corp has made serious allegations against its president and ......

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16 January, 2016

SoftBank keen to accelerate investments in India: Masayoshi Son

Softbank has already invested $2 billion in Indian firms, and it would scale up the investment to $10 billion, CEO ......