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Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Masayoshi Son: The man behind a $90b empire

Masayoshi Son went from living in poverty to building SoftBank into a US$92 billion tech empire, accruing a personal net worth of US$15 billion along the way. Here’s the robot-loving entrepreneur’s epic journey.

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