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SoftBank

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Last discussed Oct 18, 2026

Japanese investment holding company known for large technology investments including the Vision Fund.

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Scott Galloway
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"I'm reminded what Masayoshi, the head of SoftBank, said: 'Who would you rather be in a fight against? Someone who's really smart or someone who's really crazy?'"

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Adam Neumann
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Praised: Described as one of the best and biggest investors in the world; raised the $...

"Masa is one of the best investors in the world. He's also one of the biggest investors in the world. In my story, Masa is the hero even though a lot of people who didn't know the story correctly might have misunderstood. Masa took a bet on me and ..."

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Andrew Macdonald
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"You had players like SoftBank investing in the market as well."

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Rory O'Driscoll
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"Nash has worked for one of the most aggressive risk-taking human beings on the planet — that's SoftBank. He's seen ups and he's seen downs. So you can survive."

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Jordi Hays
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"He had some pretty interesting slides. He says SoftBank is being valued at three eggs, but the goose is not valued. What matters is not the eggs, it is the goose itself."

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John Coogan
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"SoftBank Group always delivers. Always delivers. It's funny. You have to imagine that there's someone over there who's been like, 'Maybe we should punch up the design aesthetics,' and just like, 'No, we got a good thing going.'"

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TBPN
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"Michelle has obviously a very very long history in telecommunication infrastructure whether it's being the former CEO of Sprint, former CEO of SoftBank International."

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"as soon as you hear hundred billion dollars for a mega fund you instantly soft he's got vision. It's a vision fund for America."

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Ed Zitron
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"SoftBank, one of the largest companies in the Japanese stock market, a holding company with lots of investments. They have on paper about $100 billion worth of OpenAI stock. If they can't go public, they can't do diddly squat with that."

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