SoftBank: piecing the puzzle together | FT Film

It has been called a telecoms group, a semiconductor group, an investment group - even a hedge fund - but what exactly is SoftBank? The FT explains why the Japanese multinational is like a jigsaw puzzle, with the enigmatic founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son at its core

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[IshaanMenon]

I LOVE how this is pieced together and how all the interviews just fit in so well to form a single cohesive narrative

[aryammansahlot]

Movies by FT ARE BEYOND AMAZING. Cohesive and simply amazing. Deserves wayyy more views PLEASE KEEP MAKING MORE

[Otter-Destruction]

FT needs to do more types of these videos, it's very well made and informative.

[hanssolos]

get ready for hollywood's movie based on this story starring matt damon as masayoshi son 🤣🤣🤣

[martinlord]

"Its a bunch of ex-Deutsche Bank traders running the show"

Oh dear!

[LuisMateusReis]

This video is well done and makes me excited by mixing what some people would call the 'boring investment world' with this guy erratic and agressive stances.

[Sunny]

Its like in the MBS meetings Masa looks at his watch and says. "Look we have been talking for 5 mins you own me $5 B."

[Ashadow]

Extremely fascinating. Thanks for making this FT.

[guilhermechinen]

Amazing coverage of the topic! Thank you FT!

[jiniqeee]

It's weird cuz he is a Korean - Japanese, but sometimes he looks like a Chinese . In fact, he is an Americanized entrepreneur ( B.A in UC Berkeley ).

[ngjimmy]

Masayoshi got it right with ARM, 20yrs before anyone else. We're seeing Apple's M1 chip kick intel so damn hard...

[AndrewG]

Even when this old guy was young, Rupert Murdoch was still an old guy.

[RMoon]

Masa said that invest in 70% possibility; investing in 50% chance is foolish; waiting for 90% possibility is too late. He is a good calculated investor

[Yasser-hbzj]

I always wondered why the media are constantly critical of him the fund and the we work flop. Not necessarily in a negative context but for sure doubtful and portraying him as a polarizing figure

After seeing 1:27 it makes sense now

[gallaxian]

Outside of riding Alibaba to riches, it doesn’t sound like Masayoshi Son has had great success in anything other than convincing other investors to back him - presumably in the the hope that lightning will strike a second time. But he now seems to be making large, risky bets to recoup losses on a series of earlier dud investments. That reminds me more of an amateur gambler in Vegas than a visionary investor.

[Jdigger]

I enjoy listening to people talk about how hyper success seemingly should listen to journalists n others who talk as if they have met… it fun.

[Omar-crjf]

The interviews were done last year i think. Coz this year he is back

[aramirez]

All these hit videos on SoftBank but the financials tell a totally different story.

In JPY
Revenue 1.51T 10.72%
Net income 1.17T 2029.46%
Diluted EPS 575.55 2595.78%
Net profit margin 77.74% 1824.26%
Operating income 184.58B 13.49%
Net change in cash -653.06B -
Cash on hand 4.45T 17.02%
Cost of revenue 759.02B 13.52%

70+% profit margin? Not bad. Pretty dang good.

[TheMrFishnDucks]

Fantastic video. Very informative and entertaining. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

[silvergalaxie]

it is not bets. by isolating & flooding markets, it goes up. he seems to stay in & expand. owned 85%(?)of sprint that translated to more mass at 25% of T-Mobile