SoftBank in a Hard World
Notes on "Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son," by Lionel Barber
There are many moments in Lionel Barber’s first-rate biography of SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son where one wants to say, I can’t help but like the guy. If one were to come up with a great adversary to the Gods of the Copybook Headings in the Kipling pantheon, it would be someone like Masa Son.
The thing t…



