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Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is a Japanese businessman and the founder and current chief executive officer of SoftBank, the chief executive officer of SoftBank Mobile, and current chairman of Sprint Corporation.

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[ we're ] not always [ talking ] about the business.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 3 years ago

I understand that many people have worried, the business itself is actually smoothly operating, and growing.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 3 years ago

Those are necessary regulations, necessary laws, i think what they are discussing right now is something that has already been done in US [ and ] European countries, and that's not exceeding what we've been seeing in [ those ] countries.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 3 years ago

Our vision never changed, golden eggs are not produced by chance.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 3 years ago

I am investing in many companies which are utilising AI to disrupt all kinds of industries.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 4 years ago

Jack Ma is for me Jack Ma and comrade.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 4 years ago

This is a big crisis for many of us.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 4 years ago

I had confidence and vision in [ them ].

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 4 years ago

At the moment, I think that our next fund size should be a little bit smaller, because we have caused concerns and anxiety to a lot of people.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 4 years ago

We don't discuss the specific numbers yet, but new smart city, newest technology, clean city, with a lot of AI, that's what I'm interested in supporting.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

Instead of fighting against American technologies, let's collaborate.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

Even today's technology of autonomous driving is better than senior citizens driving on the street.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

Japan has lost the past, but may be losing the future.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

How about I give you $1 billion and you drop the listing plans?

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

Jack was the only one with the eyes sparkling and [ he ] caught my heart.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 5 years ago

We are both a little crazy, yea, people say we're crazy but we're not that stupid, right ? We can be crazy, we shouldn't be stupid.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 5 years ago

When I look at the growth of U.S. and Chinese companies, I feel strongly it's not good enough.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

The conductor doesn't play anything but actually he plays everything.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

I think they're too cheap.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

This is [ a ] fantastic opportunity, because of the leadership, because of the location, because of the people in the kingdom, we can make it happen.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on CNN 6 years ago

I couldn't have decided such a thing before this new President.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 6 years ago

I have spent 97 percent of my time on managing the telecoms business and only 3 percent on investing.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 6 years ago

Vision Fund 2 will definitely come.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on Reuters 6 years ago

I think a big paradigm shift is coming, the biggest theme in my view is the Singularity. I think it is coming into reality in the next 30 years. For that vision, I am exercising that strategy. $ 100 billion is an interesting size of ammunition. In my view, that is the beginning. My passion is bigger than many people think.

– Masayoshi Son

Found on FOX News 7 years ago

I'm telling ARM management - let's increase the number of engineers, boost R&D spending and make investments proactively.

– Masayoshi Son