A new profile in the Financial Times reveals Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s CEO, reflecting on his struggles as he confronted his “ugly” Zoom image, declaring, “I have done nothing I can be proud of.” Following significant losses from investments like WeWork, Son largely faded from the public eye, seemingly doing penance. However, according to FT writer Lionel Barber, author of the biography “Gambling Man,” Son was secretly strategizing a return.
Now, SoftBank is making a bold pivot towards artificial intelligence, recently finding success by taking chip design company Arm public. The profile also shares intriguing personal insights, including Son’s fascination with historical figures like Napoleon. In a 2020 meeting with an activist investor who referenced Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Son dismissed them, stating, “The right comparison for me is Napoleon, Genghis Khan or Emperor Qin. I am not a CEO. I am building an empire.”
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