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SoftBank in a Hard World

Notes on "Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son," by Lionel Barber

Arthur Bloom
Mar 15, 2025
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Masa Son on the left, photo by Danny Choo / Flickr

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…

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