Masayoshi Son

Celebrity investors such as Michael Burry, Masayoshi Son, and Peter Thiel are bailing on Nvidia shares as warnings about an overheated AI rally grow louder.

SoftBank in talks for $5 billion margin loan backed by Arm stock

SoftBank is close to signing a deal with a handful of lenders for a margin loan secured by shares of its chip unit Arm Holdings

Softbank’s Son floats idea of US-Japan sovereign wealth fund: Report

Son has discussed the plan with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, although it hasn’t been formally proposed, the report said

Donald Trump shrugs off Musk's criticism of $500-billion AI project, says he 'hates one of the people in the deal'

Trump has said OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle are planning a joint venture called Stargate, which will build data centres and create more than 1 lakh jobs in the US

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son goes all in on AI during lunch meeting with founders in India

The meeting was all about AI, more AI and most AI. Masa also indicated that he will invest more in India in the coming years than all previous years combined, a founder who had lunch with him told Moneycontrol.

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son to meet PM Modi: Report

The source added that Son met Mukesh Ambani - India's richest man and chairman of oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries - on Tuesday

SoftBank’s Vision Fund swaps splashy bets for ‘timid’ investing

The surprising part was that TravelPerk’s lead backer was SoftBank, a Japanese investor whose Vision Fund was famous for giving startups outrageous price tags until it racked up immense losses in an investing spree under founder Masayoshi Son.

Softbank set to sell Delhivery stake worth $150 mn in fresh block deal

2023 has been an active year for block deals and according to data from Prime Database, PE and venture capital firms exited investments worth Rs 57,338 crore through block deals between January and August compared to Rs 41,051 crore during the same period last year

MC Exclusive: SoftBank has marked up valuations of Swiggy, FirstCry, Ola Electric, says Vision Fund CFO Navneet Govil

Navneet Govil says twin Vision Funds have been stabilising in the past two quarters despite macro headwinds; calls out India portfolio as being a better performer relatively

SoftBank seeks OpenAI tie-up as Son plans deal spree after Arm IPO: Report

SoftBank's founder and chief executive, Masayoshi Son, is looking to invest tens of billions of dollars in AI after completing Arm's initial public offering, the report said

SoftBank left millions on the table to engineer a win for Masayoshi Son

While Arm is now a public company, it will still answer to SoftBank, its largest investor with a 90% stake.

SoftBank posts unexpected $3.3 billion loss even as Vision Fund arm records investment gain

The marginal gain on investments is in line with its recent management commentary on adopting a more proactive investment and monetisation strategy, which will likely bring cheer to India's burgeoning startup ecosystem, where SoftBank hasn't made a single investment in last 15 months.

MC Interview | Startups that had to go out of business already have: SoftBank's Rajeev Misra

Misra’s new fund One Investment Management has raised $7 billion in the first close and made an early investment in Shapoorji Pallonji through high-yielding debt

SoftBank to shift to ‘offense’ in investments, CEO Masayoshi Son says

An early champion of investing in artificial intelligence, Son the previous day told shareholders at Japanese telecom unit SoftBank Corp. how happy he was about growing public awareness about AI’s potential.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says he is 'heavy user' of ChatGPT

Masayoshi Son said he is speaking "almost every day" to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has visited Tokyo twice in recent months as he looks to capitalise on interest in generative AI and exert influence on regulation of the burgeoning technology around the world.

Masayoshi Son’s first public appearance in seven months at SoftBank

The debt-laden Tokyo-based conglomerate is hosting the meeting in person for the first time in four years. Son is scheduled to break a months-long silence after the billionaire bid adieu to earnings calls amid mounting losses to focus on taking Arm Ltd. public.

Almost half of SoftBank's India portfolio cos are close to or above breakeven: BofA

The report highlighted that the cost-cutting measures resulted in reduced growth rates of 15-30 percent for startups, compared to their previous growth rate of 60-80 percent.

Masayoshi Son now owes SoftBank $5.2 billion on side deals

The Vision Fund unit lost ¥297.5 billion ($2 billion) in the three months ended March, ending the fiscal year with a total loss of ¥4.3 trillion — its worst since Son proudly set up the business in 2017.

SoftBank pins hope on Generative AI as it charts roadmap for cautious 'offence' from 'total defence'

During his second earnings presentation without SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son directly addressing shareholders, CFO Yoshimitsu Goto struck a more confident tone compared to his previous remarks

SoftBank's Vision Fund loses record $32 billion in 2022-23 amid falling tech valuations

SoftBank reported an annual loss of 970 billion Yen (about $7.2 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2023.

Masayoshi Son is ‘happy, enjoying India trip,’ says Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma thanked SoftBank's Masayoshi Son for supporting Indian startups. Sharma met the Japanese billionaire at Ritesh Agarwal's wedding reception.

OYO's Ritesh Agarwal touches the feet of Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son

SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son on Tuesday attended the wedding reception of Ritesh Agarwal. Agarwal and his wife Geetansha bent down to touch Son's feet and seek his blessings.

In Pics | OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal’s wedding; SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma among guests

Pictures have surfaced on social media, with one showing Ritesh Agarwal and his wife Geetansha Sood touching Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son's feet.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son attends OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal’s wedding

Other business leaders who attended OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal's wedding included Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Lenskart's Peyush Bansal, and Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy.