Interview with Masayoshi Son on WeWork and the role of the Vision Fund within SoftBank; he expects 15 companies in the Vision Fund portfolio to go bankrupt
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@alexrkonrad
Alex Konrad
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Even before COVID-19, SoftBank's $100B Vision Fund was controversial in the startup world. Now its future is more uncertain than ever. I spoke to Masayoshi Son and his inner circle about WeWork, Vision Fund flameouts - and how it might all still work out. https://www.forbes.com/.…
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@arjunkharpal
Arjun Kharpal
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Nice profile interview with SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son by @alexrkonrad Some gems in there: “Tactically, I've made regrets... But strategically, I am unchanged. Vision-wise? Unchanged.” https://www.forbes.com/...
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@jasonlk
@jasonlk
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“In the beginning of the internet, I was criticized the same way,” he says. “Even more so than now.” https://twitter.com/...
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@mattysino
Matthew Graham
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Masayoshi once cut a check for about ten million USD to a buddy of mine after randomly chatting with him for a few minutes at Davos https://twitter.com/...
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@forbes
@forbes
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Between the WeWork debacle and the coronavirus, the markets have deemed Masayoshi Son's $100 billion Vision Fund largely worthless. But the legendary investor has other Softbank assets, a track record—and a plan https://www.forbes.com/... by @alexrkonrad https://twitter.com/...
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@forbes
@forbes
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Forbes takes you inside SoftBank and its controversial, record $100 billion Vision Fund to look at how the coronavirus has dramatically damaged the fund's prospects—and how SoftBank and its billionaire Masayoshi Son can still survive https://www.forbes.com/... by @alexrkonrad htt…
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@sajithpai
Sajith Pai
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TIL that Masa Son pledged some of his own stake in Softbank as collateral to help Ritesh Agarwal of Oyo secure funds to up his (Ritesh's) stake. Story in @FT by @KanaInagaki @Urbandirt @ArashMassoudi https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@arashmassoudi
Arash Massoudi
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The two weeks of turmoil that squeezed SoftBank's Masayoshi Son The man who has become a symbol for bombastic, freewheeling dealmaking has since showed signs of a shift, including by cutting losses on money-burning startups. w @KanaInagaki @Urbandirt https://www.ft.com/...
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@financialtimes
@financialtimes
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As coronavirus spread across the globe, Masayoshi Son was confronting a different crisis at SoftBank. Was the Japanese billionaire who lost $70bn in the dotcom crash facing another reckoning? https://www.ft.com/...