The business map of the SoftBank Group under the leadership of Son can be described as vast, and the investment in the technology sector shows a crazy preference, of course, what really made Son an instant hit and well-known to the Chinese people is undoubtedly the bet on Alibaba.
Because of this, Masayoshi Son ushered in the first "harvest year" of his career, and while reaping huge personal wealth, he was also dubbed the title of Japan's "God of Investment" by the outside world.
The origin of this title can be traced back to the early days when Jack Ma encountered difficulties to seek investment, in the case that almost everyone is not optimistic and dare not invest, but it took only five minutes for Masayoshi to choose to believe in Jack Ma and be optimistic about Alibaba's business prospects, and after the first shot of 20 million US dollars, he made a total of about 80 million US dollars in additional investment, which made Son the largest shareholder of Alibaba at that time.
In 2014, Ma Yun and Alibaba went to the United States and the New York Stock Exchange to be successfully listed, and the stock price soared on the first day of the IPO, and the market value was as high as 231.4 billion US dollars, once becoming an Internet company with a market value second only to Google, and Son Masayoshi also made a lot of money with his business insight.
The global capital market environment has undergone earth-shaking changes soon after arranging a successor, coupled with the liquidity crisis of SoftBank, Son had to be ordered to play the role of firefighting captain again, but under pressure he also had to sell a large number of Ali original shares to hedge, at this time, overwhelming doubts emerged from all directions, and Son and his SoftBank Group suffered a crisis of investor confidence.
Coincidentally, Masayoshi Son has not given up his offensive strategy while shrinking his defense, choosing to get up from where he falls, and technology stocks are still the key to victory, and Arm is the target company that came into his sights during this period, which is similar to betting on Alibaba. Promoting the listing of Arm has become the top priority of Son's work, and it is also an important weight to help SoftBank reverse the turnaround.
In 2023, Arm will go to the United States to be listed on the NASDAQ, which is also the largest IPO in the global technology field in 2023, SoftBank, as the absolute controlling major shareholder of Arm, has once again amazed the world with huge returns in its listing, and Son Masayoshi has soared his personal wealth of $5.3 billion in just three trading days with Arm's stock price soaring.