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Masayoshi Son

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Masayoshi Son (Japanese: 孫 正義, romanized: Son Masayoshi, Korean: 손정의, romanized: Son Jeong-ui, born Masayoshi Yasumoto, Japanese: 安本 正義, romanized: Yasumoto Masayoshi; August 11, 1957) is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist from Japan. A Zainichi Korean, he is the founder, representative director, corporate officer, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group (SBG), a technology-focused investment holding company, as well as chairman of UK-based Arm Holdings and US-based Stargate LLC. As an entrepreneur, he achieved notability in PC software distribution, computing-related book and magazine publishing, and telecommunications in Japan, starting in the 1980s and booming throughout the 1990s and 2000s. His early $20 million investment in Alibaba Group in 2000 grew substantially over the years, reaching a valuation of around $75 billion by 2014 following Alibaba's IPO and contributing significantly to SoftBank's financial success. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masayoshi Son is the 148th most popular businessperson (down from 142nd in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 316th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Masayoshi Son ranks 148 out of 847. Before him are Lee Kun-hee, Sam Walton, Chung Ju-yung, Christina Onassis, William Randolph Hearst, and Pierre Bergé. After him are Elizabeth Arden, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Henry J. Heinz, Ren Zhengfei, and Martha Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Masayoshi Son ranks 43. Before him are Dani Rodrik, Peter North, Stefan Löfven, Kelly McGillis, Rumiko Takahashi, and Bruce Beutler. After him are Ai Weiwei, Ivo Josipović, Rinat Dasayev, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Kevin McHale, and Theo van Gogh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masayoshi Son ranks 332 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Toba (1103), Saburo Shinosaki (null), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Kazu Naoki (1918), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), and Emperor Go-Nijō (1285). After him are Go Nagai (1945), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Emperor Ankan (466), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), and Kenji Tochio (1941).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Japan

Among businesspeople born in Japan, Masayoshi Son ranks 4. Before him are Soichiro Honda (1906), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), and Akio Morita (1921). After him are Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Torakusu Yamaha (1851), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Shibusawa Eiichi (1840), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), and Tadashi Yanai (1949).

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