Japan’s deal maker, Softbank tycoon Masayoshi Son
TOKYO — Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, who met with President-elect Donald Trump and then announced plans to create 50,000 jobs and invest $50 billion in U.S. startups, has been one of Japan’s most aggressive overseas investors for over two decades. He’s getting an early start on deal-making with the future president.
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Son founded Softbank in 1981 after selling a pocket translator he invented while still in college to Sharp Corp.