Masayoshi Son

NEW YORK: WeWorkshares approached zero on Wednesday after the one-time startup darling warned it could go bankrupt in a stunning reversal of fortune for a company that was once privately valued at $47 billion.The SoftBank-backed company…

SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund is preparing to start another round of layoffs as soon as this week, following an approximate 30% reduction last fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter. About 13% of the Vision Fund…

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Wednesday that his tech investing conglomerate plans to shift its stance to "offence mode" after having cut back its investing activity to shore up its finances."The time has come to shift to offence…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, arrived in Japan for meetings with political and business leaders.According to a Nikkei Asia report, Altman did not disclose specific information about his meetings, but said "yes" when asked whether he had met…

Masayoshi Son is now personally on the hook for about $5.2 billion on side deals he set up at SoftBank Group Corp. to boost his compensation, after the Vision Fund venture capital arm capped a year of record losses. The Vision Fund unit…

OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal and his wife bent down to touch SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's feet and seek his blessings. (Photos: Instagram/ Weddingz.in)Masayoshi Son-owned SoftBank is the biggest investor in OYO, which was launched by…

Billionaire investor and SoftBank Group Founder Masayoshi Son on Tuesday attended the wedding reception of Oyo Founder Ritesh Agarwal in New Delhi. In the pictures from the wedding reception widely shared on social media, Agarwal and his…

On his day long visit to New Delhi on Tuesday, SoftBank Corp founder and chief executive officer Masayoshi Son met a set of top Indian startup founders and CEOs, including the likes of Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Flipkart group CEO…

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son will join India’s prime minister and Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani at the wedding of Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal next week, a rare social outing for a billionaire whose ties to the country run…

SoftBank Corporation founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is expected to visit India next week after a gap of more than four years, as per people familiar with his plans. This will be one his first trips outside of Japan after Covid restrictions…