Masayoshi Son is the founder and CEO of SoftBank Group — one of the world's largest technology investment companies. Born in Japan to Korean parents, he built SoftBank from a small software distribution company in 1981 into a global technology empire.
His $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund — the largest technology investment fund in history — made early investments in companies including Uber, WeWork, Arm Holdings and dozens of other technology companies. His early investment of $20 million in Alibaba grew to be worth over $130 billion, arguably the greatest venture capital investment in history.
Son is known for his bold, long-term thinking and his willingness to make enormous bets on technologies he believes will transform humanity. He has described his goal as ensuring the "happiness of people through the information revolution."