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Masayoshi Son
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Masayoshi Son

Founded SoftBank; the single largest financial bet on AI.

b. 1957JapanFounder, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank GroupChairman, Arm HoldingsFounder, SoftBank Vision Fund

Bought Arm, built the Vision Fund, and has committed staggering sums to OpenAI and the Stargate data-centre programme on an explicit thesis that artificial superintelligence arrives within a decade.

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Vision FundArmStargate

3 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 2017–now9 yrsSoftBank Vision FundFounder
  2. 2016–now10 yrsArm HoldingsChairman
  3. 1981–now45 yrsSoftBank GroupFounder, Chairman & CEO

0 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first

No books — their work lives in papers, code and talks. The accounts above are the place to follow it.

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