Lionel Barber and Zanny Minton Beddoes on the Story of the World’s Wildest Investor, Part One

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🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Japan’s Masayoshi Son has purportedly invested or controlled assets worth $1trn in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, China’s internet colossus, before the world had heard about it. He plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a miracle product and he invested in hundreds of tech start-ups, helping to fuel the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen. The business magnate is the focus of former FT Editor Lionel Barber's new book, Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan's Masayoshi Son. In this episode, Barber joins Editor-in-Chief of The Economist Zanny Minton Beddoes live onstage to discuss what we can learn from Son’s remarkable story. This is the first instalment of a three-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to the full conversation immediately as an early access subscriber, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm head of programming Connor Boyle.
0:36.0	Coming up Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financial Times, joins us to discuss the story of one of the world's most influential financial movers and
0:45.2	shakers, who you may have never even heard of. Joining him to talk about it is Zani Minton Bedos,
0:50.9	editor-in-chief of The Economist, the life of Japan's Masio. in chief of the economist.
0:53.0	The life of Japan's Masayoshi Son, a business magnet and investor, is a story that's not only one of the major entrepreneurial success narratives of recent decades, but it also points towards the future
1:05.0	of sectors such as tech, the global economy and of course AI.
1:09.6	It's the focus of Lionel Barber's new book Gambling Man, The Wild Ride of Japan's Masayoshi Son.
1:15.3	And recently he was live on stage with Zani Minton Bedos for our Intelligence Squared live event
1:20.9	at London's Tabernacle Theatre to talk about it.
1:24.0	This recording is in three parts.
1:26.0	Intelligence Squared premium subscribers can get early access to part two
1:30.0	and our members only, part straight away head to intelligence square
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