The $100bn SoftBank vision
The Story of Money
Manuela Saragosa
4.4 • 400 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2018
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The man who built a $100bn fund has wooed investors with his vision for the future. But what is really behind the prowess of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son? With the FT's Arash Massoudi. Read Arash's story here.
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| 0:28.0 | Aye and take action today. Hello, I'm Amy Keene, and this is behind the money with the Financial Times. |
| 0:39.0 | On the show this week, we're looking at the man making a hundred billion dollar bet on tech. |
| 0:45.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, |
| 0:50.0 | this is Masa of Soft Bank from Japan. |
| 0:53.0 | In Japan, Masayoshi Son is a household name. |
| 0:56.0 | South Banks Masayoshi Son has built a so-called vision fund |
| 1:00.0 | to invest in growing technology companies. |
| 1:02.0 | He's funneling million and billion dollar |
| 1:04.9 | investments into companies from Uber to We Work. So what is his vision for the |
| 1:10.3 | future? How is he convinced other investors to support him? And is there a chance this |
| 1:15.5 | money could create a tech bubble of its own? |
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