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Decoding the puzzle of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

Decoding the puzzle of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

Update: 2024-10-08
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The Japanese tycoon shaped global technology while building and losing vast fortunes. How does he keep going? In the first episode of Breakingviews’ new podcast, The Big View, former FT editor Lionel Barber discusses what he uncovered in his biography of Son, ‘Gambling Man’.


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Decoding the puzzle of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son

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