Masayoshi Son
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"Masayoshi Son"/? ??/Son Masayoshi/lead=yes/extra= Son Jeong-ui; born August 11, 1957}} 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. According to Forbes magazine, his net worth is $22.3 1000000000 (number)/billion as of 2014 and "he is the richest man in Japan", despite having the distinction of losing the most money in history (approximately $70 1000000000 (number)/billion during the dot com crash of 2000). Forbes also describes him as a philanthropist.

Son was named the world's 45th most powerful person by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People in 2013.

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We believe that online investing is going to be one of the highest growth business segments of the next decade.

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We believe that the success achieved in assisting U.S.-based Internet companies to enter Japan can be duplicated for the U.K. and other countries.

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We aim to start mobile phone service by end of 2007.

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