Masayoshi Son

Taizo Son

Tech

Billionaire Taizo Son ditches Japan to start afresh in Singapore

SINGAPORE (April 18): Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.

SoftBank tech fund to invest up to US$100 bil with Saudis

SINGAPORE (Oct 14): SoftBank Group Corp. said it will form a new fund to invest as much as US$100 billion ($138 billion) in the global technology industry in the next five years, partnering with Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund to find tech compani

Funds

The funds with the biggest stakes in SoftBank

SINGAPORE (July 20): Four Japanese equity funds available for sale in Singapore have a stake in Japanese internet and telecoms conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp, according to data from Morningstar Direct.
Masayoshi Son, Softbank

SoftBank to sell part of stake in China's Alibaba for US$7.9 bil

TOKYO (June 1): SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least US$7.9 billion ($10.9 billion) worth of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as the Japanese firm looks to pay down a whopping debt load.
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