From the Editor
  • Masayoshi Son founded and runs investment giant SoftBank Group.
  • Investors in Son's Vision Fund 1 include Apple, Qualcomm, Foxconn, the family office of billionaire Larry Ellison and Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund.
  • The Vision Funds have invested in over 400 companies, including ride-share firm Grab, Korean e-commerce leader Coupang and India's food-delivery platform Swiggy.
  • Son is investing billions of dollars in AI, including in the $500 billion Stargate Project, in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle and MGX, to build AI infrastructure in the U.S.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
Age
68
Source of Wealth
Telecom, Investments, Self Made
Residence
Tokyo, Japan
Citizenship
Japan
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, Berkeley
Did you know
Son spent more than $100 million on a 9-acre estate in Silicon Valley with a 9,000 square foot mansion.
Son got his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley.
In 2024, SoftBank Group announced a joint venture with Riyadh-based investment firm Alat, for manufacturing industrial robots.
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