Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son seeks $100 billion from Gulf investors for AI expansion
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and overhaul them with AI.
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Billionaire Masayoshi Son's AI debt grows as OpenAI's IPO slips past 2026
Masayoshi Son built his OpenAI financing around an eventual listing that would let him borrow against a market price. Sam Altman has now said it will not happen this year. The borrowing has continued regardless, and the cost of insuring SoftBank's debt is rising.
Lee Su-jin cleaned love hotel rooms at 23 and is worth $1.6 billion at 48
Lee Su-jin scrubbed motel rooms at 23. Today his travel platform Yanolja is worth $6.7 billion and he is worth $1.6 billion.
Billionaire Masayoshi Son bets $12 billion on Intel, putting 67% of SoftBank's US portfolio in one name
Masayoshi Son's SoftBank has concentrated 67% of its $18 billion US equity portfolio into a single stock, committing $12 billion to Intel in one of the most concentrated big-money bets in recent memory.